Chinese symbol for “stagnation”
停滞
tíng zhì
Traditional: 停滯
stagnation; at a standstill; bogged down
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stagnation is 停滞 (tíng zhì), defined as: stagnation; at a standstill; bogged down.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 停滞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 停止 | tíng zhǐ | to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 不停 | bù tíng | incessant |
| 暂停 (暫停) | zàn tíng | to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports) |
| 停留 | tíng liú | to stay for a time; to stop; to remain; to remain (at a stage, level etc) |
| 停车 (停車) | tíng chē | to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park |
| 停车场 (停車場) | tíng chē chǎng | parking lot; car park |
| 滞留 (滯留) | zhì liú | (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded; (of sth that would typically dissipate |
| 滞后 (滯後) | zhì hòu | to lag behind |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stagnation”.
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.