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Chinese symbol for “disable”

停用
tíng yòng
to stop using; to suspend; to discontinue; to disable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for disable is 停用 (tíng yòng), defined as: to stop using; to suspend; to discontinue; to disable.

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

停 tíng
to suspend, to halt, to delay; suitable
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes
用 yòng
to use, to employ, to apply; use
radical 101 ⽤ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “disable”

WordPinyinMeaning
禁用jìn yòngto prohibit the use of sth; to ban

Related words

Other words that share a character with 停用.

WordPinyinMeaning
停止tíng zhǐto stop; to halt; to cease
不停bù tíngincessant
暂停 (暫停)zàn tíngto suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports)
停留tíng liúto stay for a time; to stop; to remain; to remain (at a stage, level etc)
停车 (停車)tíng chēto pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park
停车场 (停車場)tíng chē chǎngparking lot; car park
使用shǐ yòngto use; to employ
利用lì yòngto exploit; to make use of

See also: Japanese symbol for “disable”.

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.