Meaning of 停
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to stop
- to halt
- to park (a car)
How to use 停
停 is a common everyday verb for stopping movement or an activity, and for parking a vehicle. It often pairs with a result word like 下 or appears in set words like 停车 and 暂停. Example: 雨停了。(Yǔ tíng le.) The rain has stopped.
停 is made of 亻 (person) and 亭 (tíng), a pavilion. Picture a person stopping to rest at a roadside pavilion, and 亭 also gives the sound tíng.
Common mistake: Learners often write 亭 (tíng, pavilion) alone and forget the person radical 亻, since both share the same sound. Also keep the second tone, not tǐng as in 挺 (tǐng, quite).
停 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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停 tíng · to stop · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 停.
| 停车 | tíngchē | to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park |
| 停车场 | tíngchēchǎng | parking lot; car park |
| 停止 | tíngzhǐ | to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 停下 | tíngxia | to stop |
| 不停 | bù tíng | incessant |
| 暂停 | zàntíng | to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports) |
| 停留 | tíngliú | to stay for a time; to stop; to remain; to remain (at a stage, level etc) |
| 停电 | tíngdiàn | to have a power failure; power cut |
| 停车位 | tíngchēwèi | parking space; parking spot |
| 停顿 | tíngdùn | to halt; to break off |
| 停泊 | tíngbó | to anchor; anchorage |
| 停业 | tíngyè | to cease trading (temporarily or permanently); to close down |
Questions about 停
What does 停 mean?
停 (tíng) means "to stop; to halt" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 停?
停 is made of 1 character: 停 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 停 an HSK word?
Yes. 停 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 停 and 停止?
停 is short and casual, used for everyday things like 车停了 (the car stopped). 停止 (tíngzhǐ) sounds more formal and is common for halting activities or processes, such as 停止工作 (stop working).
How do you say someone does something nonstop using 停?
Put 不停 (bù tíng) before the verb, often with 地: 他不停地说话。(Tā bù tíng de shuōhuà.) He talks nonstop.