停止

Meaning(verb)

to stop; to halt; to cease

Examples

• 雨终于停止了。

  yǔ zhōng yú tíng zhǐ le.

  The rain finally stopped.

• 机器突然停止工作了。

  jī qì tū rán tíng zhǐ gōng zuò le.

  The machine suddenly stopped working.

• 这个产品已经停止生产了。

  zhè ge chǎn pǐn yǐ jīng tíng zhǐ shēng chǎn le.

  This product has been discontinued.

Easily confused

• 停 — 停 is colloquial and also means to park (停车); 停止 is more formal, often with two-syllable verbs (停止营业).

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