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停滞

tíng zhì

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 停滯

What 停滞 means

1. stagnation
2. at a standstill
3. bogged down

The characters in 停滞

• 停tíngto stop; to halt; to park (a car)
• 滞zhì(bound form) sluggish; stagnant

Example sentences

• 阿尔及尔从不停滞不前。
  ā'ěrjí'ěr cóngbù tíngzhìbùqián.
  Algiers never stands still.

Words starting with 停滞

• 停滞不前tíng zhì bù qiánstuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant; in a rut; at a standstill