停 (tíng): to stop
停 (tíng) is a Chinese character meaning “to stop.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 亭 (phonetic). It ranks #693 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 停 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- to stop
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 停
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 停止verb | tíng zhǐ | to stop | 4 |
| 停车verb | tíng chē | to pull up (stop one's vehicle) | 4 |
| 停车场noun | tíng chē chǎng | parking lot | 4 |
| 暂停verb | zàn tíng | to suspend | 4 |
| 停留verb | tíng liú | to stay somewhere temporarily | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 停下 | tíng xià | to stop |
| 停手 | tíng shǒu | to stop (what one is doing) |
| 停电 | tíng diàn | to have a power failure |
| 停职 | tíng zhí | to suspend (sb) from duties |
| 停火 | tíng huǒ | to cease fire |
| 不停 | bù tíng | incessant |
| 停战 | tíng zhàn | to cease fire |
| 停车位 | tíng chē wèi | parking space |
| 停机 | tíng jī | (of a machine) to stop |
| 停顿 | tíng dùn | to halt |
| 停靠 | tíng kào | to call at |
| 停滞 | tíng zhì | stagnation |
| 停机坪 | tíng jī píng | aircraft parking ground |
| 停息 | tíng xī | to stop |
| 停泊 | tíng bó | to anchor |
停 appears in 81 compound words: 73 as the first character, 17 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 停 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
由于设备故障，生产线已经停了两个小时。
Yóuyú shèbèi gùzhàng, shēngchǎnxiàn yǐjīng tíng le liǎng gè xiǎoshí.
Due to equipment failure, the production line has been stopped for two hours.
买刮刮乐停不下来?4星座“赌性超强” 牡羊先冲再说...
mǎi guā guā lè tíng bù xià lái ? 4 xīng zuò dǔ xìng chāo qiáng mǔ yáng xiān chōng zài shuō . . .
Can't stop buying scratch cards? 4 constellations "super gambling" Aries rush first and then say...
暴风雪来袭 纽约市周一停课停学 19年来首见
bào fēng xuě lái xí niǔ yuē shì zhōu yī tíng kè tíng xué 1 9 nián lái shǒu jiàn
The blizzard hit New York City on Monday and closed classes for the first time in 19 years
加拿大航空因安全局势暂停墨西哥巴亚尔塔港营运
jiā ná dà háng kōng yīn ān quán jú shì zàn tíng mò xī gē bā yà ěr tǎ gǎng yíng yùn
Air Canada suspended operations in the port of Vallarta, Mexico due to the security situation
俄军打击乌能源设施 乌克兰多地大面积停电
é jūn dǎ jī wū néng yuán shè shī wū kè lán duō dì dà miàn jī tíng diàn
Russian forces hit Ukrainian energy facilities Large-scale power outages in many places in Ukraine
请停留3秒 为这5位空军勇士献花!今天是万家...
qǐng tíng liú miǎo wéi zhè wèi kōng jūn yǒng shì xiàn huā ! jīn tiān shì mò jiā . . .
Please stop for 3 seconds to lay flowers for these 5 Air Force warriors! Today is Vanguard...
我能把我的车停在这儿吗？
Wǒ néng bǎ wǒ de chē tíng zài zhèr ma?
Can I park my car here?
我们怎样才能停止战争？
Wǒmen zěnyàng cáinéng tíngzhǐ zhànzhēng?
How can we abolish war?
这列火车在昆山车站停车吗？
Zhè liè huǒchē zài Kūnshān chēzhàn tíngchē ma?
Does this train stop at Kunshan station?
请问有没有飞往纽约的不停站航班？
Qǐngwèn yǒuméiyǒu fēi wǎng Niǔyuē de bù tíngzhàn hángbān?
Is there a nonstop flight to New York?
Character Family
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