停止

Chinese

		to stop; to halt; to park (a car)	to stop; prohibit; till
simp. and trad. (停止)		停	止

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíngzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting⁴ zi²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thìn-chṳ́

  (Hailu, HRS): tin zhi^ˊ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deng² zi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thêng-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíngzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tíngjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing²-chih³
    • Yale: tíng-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyngjyy
    • Palladius: тинчжи (tinčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ting⁴ zi²
    • Yale: tìhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thìn-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: tin^ˇ zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tin² zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: tin zhi^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵ t͡ʃi²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng² zi³ [Phonetic: deng⁵ zi³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: déng-cî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ¹³⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng² zi³ [Phonetic: deng⁵ zi³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡si³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thêng-chí
    • Tâi-lô: thîng-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tengcie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/

Verb

停止

1. (transitive, intransitive) to stop; to suspend; to close

   停止呼吸  ―  tíngzhǐ hūxī  ―  to stop breathing

   趕快停止你的動作，否則我們要開槍了！ [MSC, trad.]
   赶快停止你的动作，否则我们要开枪了！ [MSC, simp.]

   Gǎnkuài tíngzhǐ nǐ de dòngzuò, fǒuzé wǒmen yào kāiqiāng le! [Pinyin]

   Stop what you are doing or we'll open fire!

   起飛前40分鐘停止辦理乘機手續。 [MSC, trad.]
   起飞前40分钟停止办理乘机手续。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐfēi qián sìshí fēnzhōng tíngzhǐ bànlǐ chéngjī shǒuxù. [Pinyin]

   Check-in closes 40 minutes before departure.

Synonyms

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• 中斷 / 中断 (zhōngduàn)
• 中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
• 休止 (xiūzhǐ)
• 停 (tíng)
• 停歇 (tíngxiē)
• 夭閼 / 夭阏 (yǎo'è)
• 干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
• 放煞 (Min Nan)
• 斷站 / 断站 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 斷節 / 断节 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 暫停 / 暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
• 歇 (xiē)
• 止 (zhǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 止息 (zhǐxī)
• 止煞 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 瀦 / 潴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 煞 (Hokkien)
• 煞手 (Hokkien)
• 甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
• 終止 / 终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
• 絕 / 绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
• 罷 / 罢
• 罷休 / 罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
• 罷手 / 罢手 (bàshǒu)
• 間斷 / 间断
• 須 / 须 (xū) (literary)
• 頓 / 顿

Derived terms

• 心跳停止 (xīntiào tíngzhǐ)

Related terms

• 停滯／停滞 (tíngzhì)