停止tíng zhǐto stop; to halt; to cease

1. 1.

   to stop; to halt; to ceaseverb

• 停to stop
• 止to stop

停止 can stand alone after a subject, as in 雨停止了, or take an action as its object, as in 停止工作.

1. HSK 5

   雨停止了。

   Yǔ tíngzhǐ le.

   The rain has stopped.

2. HSK 5

   他们停止了工作。

   Tāmen tíngzhǐ le gōngzuò.

   They stopped working.

3. HSK 5

   请停止说话。

   Qǐng tíngzhǐ shuōhuà.

   Please stop talking.

1. 
   Speaker A:

   外面的雨停止了吗？

   Wàimiàn de yǔ tíngzhǐ le ma?

   Has the rain outside stopped?

2. 
   Speaker B:

   停止了，我们可以出去走走了。

   Tíngzhǐ le, wǒmen kěyǐ chūqù zǒuzou le.

   It has stopped. We can go out for a walk now.

3. 
   Speaker A:

   好啊，去公园吧？

   Hǎo a, qù gōngyuán ba?

   Great, shall we go to the park?

4. 
   Speaker B:

   好，我去叫我弟弟一起去。

   Hǎo, wǒ qù jiào wǒ dìdi yìqǐ qù.

   OK, I will go and get my younger brother to come along.

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• 停tíngto stopHSK 4
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• 举jǔto liftHSK 4
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• 产生chǎn shēngto arise; to come into being; to come aboutHSK 4
• 付fùto payHSK 4

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