截止
jiézhǐ
to close, to end (a deadline)
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 报名截止日期是下周五。The registration deadline is next Friday.
- 活动到月底截止。The event ends at the close of the month.
Collocations
截止日期报名截止截止时间到期截止
Mnemonic
截 jié "to cut off" + 止 zhǐ "to stop": to cut off and stop there, i.e. to close, a deadline. Korean renders it as "to close, deadline". A registration or submission ending at a set point (截止日期 deadline, 报名截止 registration closes). 截 means "to cut off" (拦截 to intercept); 止 means "to stop" (停止 to halt). The image is of cutting the time line off sharply and stopping.
Related
结束终止停止期限
Quick check
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