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Chinese symbol for “intermittently”

消消停停
xiāo xiāo tíng tíng
intermittently

The closest CC-CEDICT match for intermittently is 消消停停 (xiāo xiāo tíng tíng), defined as: intermittently.

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

消 xiāo
news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
消
消 xiāo
news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
停 tíng
to suspend, to halt, to delay; suitable
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes
停
停 tíng
to suspend, to halt, to delay; suitable
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 消消停停.

WordPinyinMeaning
消息xiāo xi(piece of) news; information; message
取消qǔ xiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
消费 (消費)xiāo fèito consume (goods and services, resources etc)
消失xiāo shīto disappear; to fade away
消费者 (消費者)xiāo fèi zhěconsumer
消灭 (消滅)xiāo mièto put an end to; to annihilate
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)

See also: Japanese symbol for “intermittently”.

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.

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