Chinese symbol for “stop”
停止
tíng zhǐ
to stop; to halt; to cease
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stop is 停止 (tíng zhǐ), defined as: to stop; to halt; to cease.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “stop”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卡 | kǎ | to stop; to block |
| 停 | tíng | to stop; to halt |
| 顿 (頓) | dùn | to stop; to pause |
| 终止 (終止) | zhōng zhǐ | to stop; to terminate |
| 止 | zhǐ | to stop; to prohibit |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 停止.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 阻止 | zǔ zhǐ | to prevent; to block |
| 防止 | fáng zhǐ | to prevent; to guard against |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stop”.
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.