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阻止

zǔ zhǐ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

阻止 (zǔ zhǐ) means "to prevent; to stop". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 阻止 means

1. to prevent
2. to block

The characters in 阻止

• 阻zǔto hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 止zhǐto stop; to prohibit; until

Example sentences

• 别想阻止我。
  Don't try to stop me.
• 我得阻止她。
  I've got to stop her.
• 没人能阻止我！
  Nobody can stop me!
• 我无法阻止它。
  I cannot stop it.
• 我想阻止汤姆。
  I wanted to stop Tom.
• 他们阻止不了他。
  They cannot stop him.

Where 阻止 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Urgency, Loss & Destruction (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zǔ zhǐ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.