Chinese symbol for “cease”
中止
zhōng zhǐ
to cease; to suspend; to break off; to stop
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cease is 中止 (zhōng zhǐ), defined as: to cease; to suspend; to break off; to stop; to discontinue.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
Other Chinese words for “cease”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 停止 | tíng zhǐ | to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 止息 | zhǐ xī | to cease; to end |
| 已 | yǐ | already; (bound form) to stop; to cease; to end |
| 住 | zhù | to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease |
| 休 | xiū | to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 中止.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among; in |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 中央 | zhōng yāng | central; middle |
| 中学 (中學) | zhōng xué | middle school |
| 之中 | zhī zhōng | inside; among |
| 集中 | jí zhōng | to concentrate; to centralize |
| 停止 | tíng zhǐ | to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit; to forbid |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cease”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.