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Meaning of 停

Pinyin tíng

Radical

亻

Strokes

Definition

to stop / to halt

Usage

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停 [tíng] 动 (Verb) 1. 止住，中止不动。 (stop; cease; halt) 2. 总数分成几份，其中的一份。 (portion; part of a total) 3. 暂时不继续前进。 (stay) 4. 妥当。 (appropriate; proper) 同本义: 1. 停止，止息 (stop; cease; halt) 造字法: 形声。从人，亭声。引: 1. 停，定也，定于所在也。 (From Shiming: "Stop means to settle; settle at the place.") 2. 潢汙，停水。 (From Zuo Zhuan: "The water in the pond is stagnant.") 3. 停杯投箸不能食。 (From Li Bai: "Stop the cup and throw the chopsticks, unable to eat.") 4. 琵琶声停欲语迟。 (From Bai Juyi: "The sound of the pipa stops, wanting to speak but delayed.") 5. 余亦停弗上。 (From Xu Xiake: "I also cannot go up.") 6. 方冬停遣。 (From Fang Bao: "It was then that winter was dispatched.") 例: 1. 停床(指亡故); 停市(停止交易); 停刑(停止执行刑罚); 停步(停止前进) 名 (Noun) 1. 成数，总数分成几份，其中一份叫一停。 (portion; part of a total) 2. 十停人中有八停人去了。 (Out of ten parts, eight have gone.) 3. 通“亭”。行人停留宿食的处所。 (inn) 例: 1. 停传(宿站); 停落(驿亭村落); 停居(租寓之所) 形 (Adjective) 1. 停当。妥贴; 妥当。 (appropriate; proper) 2. 平均的。 (equally; average) 例: 1. 停分(均分，各据一半); 停匀(匀称); 停直(匀而直) 引: 1. 自非停午夜分，不见曦月。 (From Shuijingzhu: "Unless it is just past midnight, one cannot see the moon and the dawn.") 2. 持钵安行，出彼祗树，不逾停午，以福众生。 (From Shen Yue: "Carrying a bowl and walking steadily, leaving under the tree, not going past noon, to bless all beings.") 例: 1. 停午(正午)

停机坪 tíng jī píng

aircraft parking ground / apron / tarmac (at airport)

停刊 tíng kān

stop publication

悬停 xuán tíng

to hover (helicopter, computer mouse etc)

停留 tíng liú

to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over

不停 bù tíng

incessant

停下 tíng xià

to stop

涨停 zhǎng tíng

harden / limit up / limit-up

暂停 zàn tíng

to suspend / time-out (e.g. in sports) / stoppage / pause (media player)

停战 tíng zhàn

armistice / cease fire

停顿 tíng dùn

to halt / to break off / pause (in speech)

停滞 tíng zhì

stagnation / at a standstill / bogged down

停泊 tíng bó

to anchor / anchorage / mooring (of a ship)

停步 tíng bù

to come to a stand / to stop

停产 tíng chǎn

to stop production

停当 tíng dàng

settled / accomplished / ready

停放 tíng fàng

to park (a car etc) / to moor (a boat etc) / to leave sth (in a place)

停车 tíng chē

to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall

停靠 tíng kào

to call at / to stop at / berth

调停 tiáo tíng

to reconcile / to mediate / to bring warring parties to agreement / to arbitrate

停牌 tíng pái

suspended / delist

停车场 tíng chē chǎng

parking lot / car park

马不停蹄 mǎ bù tíng tí

unrelenting / without stopping to rest

停歇 tíng xiē

to stop for a rest

停泊地 tíng bó de

anchorage / berth

涨停板 zhǎng tíng bǎn

daily upper limit on the price of a stock

停滞不前 tíng zhì bù qián

stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant / in a rut / at a standstill

停止 tíng zhǐ

to stop / to halt / to cease