Chinese symbol for “suspend”
暂停
zàn tíng
Traditional: 暫停
to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage; pause (media player)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for suspend is 暂停 (zàn tíng), defined as: to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage; pause (media player).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “suspend”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吊 | diào | to suspend; to hang up |
| 悬挂 (懸掛) | xuán guà | to suspend; to hang |
| 吊销 (吊銷) | diào xiāo | to suspend (an agreement); to revoke |
| 挂 (掛) | guà | to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone) |
| 吊挂 (吊掛) | diào guà | to suspend; to hang |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 暂停.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暂时 (暫時) | zàn shí | temporary; provisional; for the time being |
| 短暂 (短暫) | duǎn zàn | of short duration; brief; momentary |
| 暂缓 (暫緩) | zàn huǎn | to postpone |
| 暂行 (暫行) | zàn xíng | provisional |
| 暂且 (暫且) | zàn qiě | for now; for the time being; temporarily |
| 停止 | tíng zhǐ | to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 不停 | bù tíng | incessant |
| 停留 | tíng liú | to stay for a time; to stop; to remain; to remain (at a stage, level etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “suspend”.
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.