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停滞

tíng zhì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 停滯

停滞 (tíng zhì) means "stagnation; at a standstill; bogged down". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

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

Where 停滞 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · tiáo–tóng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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