Chinese symbol for “halt”
驻
zhù
Traditional: 駐
to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for halt is 驻 (zhù), defined as: to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “halt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 停顿 (停頓) | tíng dùn | to halt; to break off |
| 停止 | tíng zhǐ | to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 止步 | zhǐ bù | to halt; to stop |
| 站 | zhàn | station; to stand |
| 停 | tíng | to stop; to halt |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 驻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 进驻 (進駐) | jìn zhù | to enter and garrison; (fig.) to establish a presence in |
| 驻地 (駐地) | zhù dì | station; encampment |
| 驻扎 (駐紮) | zhù zhā | to station; to garrison (troops) |
| 驻守 (駐守) | zhù shǒu | (man a post and) defend |
| 派驻 (派駐) | pài zhù | to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity; to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) |
| 常驻 (常駐) | cháng zhù | resident; permanent (representative) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “halt”.
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.