停止
tíngzhǐ
to stop, to cease
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 机器突然停止运转。The machine suddenly stopped running.
- 请停止争吵。Please stop quarreling.
Collocations
停止运转停止营业永不停止停止前进
Mnemonic
停 tíng "to halt" + 止 zhǐ "to stop": to halt and stop, i.e. to stop, to cease, to halt. Same as the Korean word jeong-ji (停止). Stopping motion, action or business (停止运转 to stop running, 停止营业 to cease business). A synonym compound. Unlike 中断 (to break off midway), 停止 is closer to stopping fully or generally. 停 means "to halt" (停车 to park); 止 means "to stop" (禁止 to forbid).
Related
中止终止中断暂停
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