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止

zhǐ

stop, halt, desist; detain

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Strokes
4
Radical
止
HSK
3
Tone
3

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 制止她!

    Zhì zhǐ tā

    Stop her!

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  • 就到此为止吧。

    Jiù dào cǐ wéi zhǐ ba

    Let's leave it at that.

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  • 我真的想停止。

    Wǒ zhēn de xiǎng tíng zhǐ

    I really want to stop.

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  • 停止工作。

    Tíng zhǐ gōng zuò

    Stop working.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 止

  • 停止tíng zhǐ 2–3 to stop; to halt; to cease
  • 防止fáng zhǐ 2–3 to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions
  • 阻止zǔ zhǐ 3–3 → 2–3to prevent; to block
  • 禁止jìn zhǐ 4–3 to prohibit; to forbid; to ban
  • 为止wéi zhǐ 2–3 until; (used in combination with words like 到 or 至 in constructs of the form 到...到...为止)
  • 不止bù zhǐ 4–3 incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to
  • 终止zhōng zhǐ 1–3 to stop; to terminate
  • 止zhǐ 3to stop; to prohibit; until; only
  • 制止zhì zhǐ 4–3 to curb; to put a stop to; to stop; to check; to limit
  • 迄今为止qì jīn wéi zhǐ 4–1–2–3so far; up to now; still (not)
  • 截止jié zhǐ 2–3 to close; to stop; to put a stop to sth; cut-off point; stopping point; deadline
  • 中止zhōng zhǐ 1–3 to cease; to suspend; to break off; to stop; to discontinue