Definition & Meaning

stop; cease; halt; suspend; call off

Word usage

Words with ting zhi

tíng zhǐ

停 止

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v.stop; cease; halt; suspend; call off
- chuí wēi de bìng rén hěn kuài jiù tíng zhǐ le hū xī
  垂危的病人很快就停止了呼吸。
  The dying patient soon ceased to breathe.
- wǒ men liù diǎn tíng zhǐ yíng yè
  我们六点停止营业。
  We close business at six.
- wǒ míng tiān jiù tíng zhǐ gōng zuò
  我明天就停止工作。
  I would stop working tomorrow.
- tíng zhǐ dí duì xíng dòng
  停止敌对行动
  cease hostilities
- tíng zhǐ dài kuǎn
  停止贷款
  suspend loans
- tíng zhǐ jīng jì yuán zhù
  停止经济援助
  halt economic aid
synonym
zhōng zhǐ终止 xiū zhǐ休止
antonym
jìn xíng进行 jì xù继续

Word usage

Note
"停止" is different from "结束". "结束" mostly refers to the completion of a thing or the end of a process; "停止" mostly refers to the fact that things are not finished and stopped for some reason.

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