静止 meaning in English

jìngzhǐ

still; immobile

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 靜止18 strokes

Meaning of 静止

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jìngzhǐ
  1. still
  2. immobile
  3. static
  4. stationary

静止 in example sentences

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

那nà一yī刻kè,时shí间jiān仿fǎng佛fú静jìng止zhǐ了le。
At that moment, time seemed to stand still.
在zài他tā们men双shuāng目mù交jiāo接jiē的de瞬shùn间jiān,世shì界jiè仿fǎng佛fú静jìng止zhǐ了le。
When their eyes met, it was as if the world stood still.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

静 jìng · still · 14 strokes

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止 zhǐ · to stop · 4 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 静止.

安静ānjìngquiet; peaceful
停止tíngzhǐto stop; to halt; to cease
防止fángzhǐto prevent; to guard against
阻止zǔzhǐto prevent; to block
冷静lěngjìngcalm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet
禁止jìnzhǐto prohibit; to forbid
平静píngjìngcalm; tranquil; serene
宁静níngjìngtranquil; tranquility
不止bùzhǐincessantly; without end
为止wéizhǐuntil; (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到
终止zhōngzhǐto stop; to terminate
截止jiézhǐto end; to close; (electricity) cut-off

Questions about 静止

What does 静止 mean?

静止 (jìngzhǐ) means "still; immobile" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 静止?

静止 is made of 2 characters: 静 (14 strokes), 止 (4 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 静止 an HSK word?

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

How is 静止 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 静止 is written 靜止.