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暂停

zàn tíng

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 暫停

暂停 (zàn tíng) means "to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 暂停 means

1. to suspend
2. time-out (e.g. in sports)
3. stoppage
4. pause (media player)

The characters in 暂停

• 暂zàntemporary; Taiwan pr. zhàn
• 停tíngto stop; to halt; to park (a car)

Example sentences

• 在思想的领域中, 荒诞和堕落仍然主宰着世界, 它们的操控只是短时间地被暂停。
  Zài sīxiǎng de lǐngyù zhōng, huāngdàn hé duòluò réngrán zhǔzǎi zhe shìjiè, tāmen de cāokòng zhǐshì duǎnshíjiān de bèi zàntíng.
  In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

Words starting with 暂停

• 暂停键zàn tíng jiànpause button

Words containing 暂停

• 睡眠呼吸暂停shuì mián hū xī zàn tíngsleep apnea

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