停顿 meaning in English

tíngdùn

to halt; to break off

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 停頓21 strokes

Meaning of 停顿

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tíngdùn
  1. to halt
  2. to break off
  3. pause (in speech)

停顿 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā不bù停tíng顿dùn地dì说shuō了le十shí分fēn钟zhōng。
He spoke for ten minutes without a pause.

Stroke order for each character

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停 tíng · to stop · 11 strokes

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顿 dùn · to stop · 10 strokes

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  9. 9
  10. 10

Related words

Words that share a character with 停顿.

停车tíngchēto pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park
停车场tíngchēchǎngparking lot; car park
停止tíngzhǐto stop; to halt; to cease
停下tíngxiato stop
不停bù tíngincessant
暂停zàntíngto suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports)
停留tíngliúto stay for a time; to stop; to remain; to remain (at a stage, level etc)
整顿zhěngdùnto tidy up; to reorganize
停电tíngdiànto have a power failure; power cut
停车位tíngchēwèiparking space; parking spot
停泊tíngbóto anchor; anchorage
停业tíngyèto cease trading (temporarily or permanently); to close down

Questions about 停顿

What does 停顿 mean?

停顿 (tíngdùn) means "to halt; to break off" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 停顿?

停顿 is made of 2 characters: 停 (11 strokes), 顿 (10 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 停顿 an HSK word?

Yes. 停顿 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 停顿 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 停顿 is written 停頓.