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Chinese symbol for “shutdown”

停摆
tíng bǎi
Traditional: 停擺
(of a pendulum) to stop swinging; (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt; to be suspended; to be canceled

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shutdown is 停摆 (tíng bǎi), defined as: (of a pendulum) to stop swinging; (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt; to be suspended; to be canceled; shutdown; (sports) lockout.

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
摆 bǎi
to arrange, to display; pendulum, swing
radical 64 ⼿ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 停摆.

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
摆脱 (擺脫)bǎi tuōto break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc)
摇摆 (搖擺)yáo bǎito sway; to wobble

See also: Japanese symbol for “shutdown”.

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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