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The Chinese word tingzhi - 停止 - tíngzhǐ
(to stop in Chinese)



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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

tíngzhǐ

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English translations

to stop,
to cease, to halt, to give over, to suspend

Chinese characters:


Chinese characters  ( tingzhi / tíngzhǐ ) with pronunciation (English translation: to stop )

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停止 ( tingzhi / tíngzhǐ ) is composed of these characters: 停 (ting) , 止 (zhi)
The traditional Chinese characters of tíngzhǐ are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.

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also: to halt  |  also: to cease
停止 ( tingzhi / tíngzhǐ ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 866)
More words that mean to stop in Chinese
ài ( 碍 ), bì ( 闭 ), dù ( 杜 ), shā ( 刹 ), tíng ( 停 ), xiū ( 休 ), yǐ ( 已 ), zhàn ( 站 ), zhǐ ( 止 )

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