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止

zhǐ

HSK 4 Character

What 止 means

1. to stop
2. to prohibit
3. until
4. only

Example sentences

• 停止！
  Stop!
• 适可而止
  Shìkě'érzhǐ
  Quit while you're ahead.
• 制止她！
  Zhìzhǐ tā!
  Stop her.
• 停止射击。
  Tíngzhǐ shèjī.
  Stop shooting.
• 禁止跨越。
  Jìnzhǐ kuàyuè.
  No leaping over.
• 停止抵抗！
  Tíngzhǐ dǐkàng!
  Stop resisting!

Words starting with 止

• 止步zhǐ bùto halt; to stop; to go no farther
• 止血zhǐ xuèto staunch (bleeding); hemostatic (drug)
• 止痛zhǐ tòngto relieve pain; to stop pain; analgesic
• 止咳zhǐ kéto suppress coughing
• 止痛药zhǐ tòng yàopainkiller; analgesic; anodyne
• 止境zhǐ jìnglimit; boundary; end
• 止息zhǐ xīto cease; to end
• 止点zhǐ diǎn(mechanical engineering) dead point; dead center
• 止损zhǐ sǔn(finance) stop-loss; to sell a security in response to its price dropping to one's…
• 止损单zhǐ sǔn dānstop-loss order (finance)
• 止损点zhǐ sǔn diǎn(finance) stop-loss point…
• 止血贴zhǐ xuè tiēBand-Aid; plaster
• 止汗剂zhǐ hàn jìanti-perspirant
• 止痛剂zhǐ tòng jìan analgesic; pain killer
• 止痛法zhǐ tòng fǎmethod of relieving pain
• 止痛片zhǐ tòng piànpainkiller
• 止滑zhǐ huáto prevent slipping; anti-slip
• 止闹按钮zhǐ nào àn niǔsnooze button
• 止疼片zhǐ téng piānpainkiller; analgesic
• 止歇zhǐ xiēto stop; to cease
• 止血垫zhǐ xuè diàndressing; pad to stop bleeding
• 止血栓zhǐ xuè shuānplug to stop bleeding; tampon (medicine)
• 止咳糖浆zhǐ ké táng jiāngcough suppressant syrup; cough mixture

Words containing 止

• 停止tíng zhǐto stop; to halt; to cease
• 禁止jìn zhǐto prohibit; to forbid; to ban
• 阻止zǔ zhǐto prevent; to block
• 防止fáng zhǐto prevent; to guard against; to take precautions
• 不止bù zhǐincessantly; without end; more than
• 制止zhì zhǐto curb; to put a stop to; to stop
• 终止zhōng zhǐto stop; to terminate
• 迄今为止qì jīn wéi zhǐso far; up to now; still (not)
• 为止wéi zhǐuntil; (used in combination with words like 到
• 截止jié zhǐto end; to close; (electricity) cut-off
• 举止jǔ zhǐbearing; manner; mien
• 静止jìng zhǐstill; immobile; static
• 中止zhōng zhǐto cease; to suspend; to break off
• 何止hé zhǐfar more than; not just
• 欲言又止yù yán yòu zhǐto want to say sth but then hesitate
• 到此为止dào cǐ wéi zhǐto stop at this point; to end here; to call it a day
• 叹为观止tàn wéi guān zhǐ(idiom) to gasp in amazement; to acclaim as the peak of perfection
• 岂止qǐ zhǐnot only; far from; more than
• 废止fèi zhǐto repeal (a law); to put an end to; abolition
• 遏止è zhǐto hold back; to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance); to resist
• 戛然而止jiá rán ér zhǐwith a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)
• 适可而止shì kě ér zhǐ(idiom) to refrain from going too far; to know when to stop
• 无休无止wú xiū wú zhǐceaseless; endless (idiom)
• 永无止境yǒng wú zhǐ jìng(idiom) without end; never-ending

Sounds the same

Read zhǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 只only; merely; just
• 指finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 纸paper; classifier for documents, letters etc
• 址(bound form) site; location
• 旨imperial decree; purport; aim
• 徵4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音
• 芷angelica (type of iris); plant root used in TCM
• 趾toe
• 酯ester
• 祉felicity
• 咫8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 枳(orange); hedge thorn