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终止

zhōng zhǐ

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

终止 (zhōng zhǐ) means "to stop; to terminate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 终止 means

1. to stop; to terminate

The characters in 终止

• 终zhōngend; finish
• 止zhǐto stop; to prohibit; until

Example sentences

• 俄罗斯对乌克兰发动了非法、不公义的侵略战争，而俄罗斯应该终止这一切。
  Russia started its illegal and unjustifiable war of aggression against Ukraine, and Russia can end it.

Sounds the same

Read zhōng zhǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 中指middle finger
• 中止to cease; to suspend; to break off

Where 终止 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · chóng–zhōu (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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