Chinese symbol for “truce”
停战
tíng zhàn
Traditional: 停戰
to cease fire; to stop fighting; armistice; truce
The closest CC-CEDICT match for truce is 停战 (tíng zhàn), defined as: to cease fire; to stop fighting; armistice; truce.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 停战.
| 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 |
| 战争 (戰爭) | zhàn zhēng | war; conflict; 场 (cháng),次 (cì) |
| 战略 (戰略) | zhàn lüè | strategy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “truce”.
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.