终 止 zhōng zhǐ to stop / to terminate 制 止 zhì zhǐ to curb / to put a stop to / to stop / to check / to limit 刹 车 shā chē to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake 阻 拦 zǔ lán to stop / to obstruct 少 few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom 住 to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) 收 to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) 站 station / to stand / to halt / to stop / branch of a company or organization / website 停 to stop / to halt / to park (a car) 顿 to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal 停 止 tíng zhǐ to stop / to halt / to cease 停 下 tíng xià to stop 停 下 来 tíng xià lái to stop 阻 挡 zǔ dǎng to stop / to resist / to obstruct 抵 挡 dǐ dǎng to resist / to hold back / to stop / to ward off / to withstand 拦 住 lán zhù to stop / to bar the way 停 住 tíng zhù to stop / to halt / to cease 中 止 zhōng zhǐ to cease / to suspend / to break off / to stop / to discontinue 住 手 zhù shǒu to desist / to stop / to stay one's hand 停 机 tíng jī (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit 驻 足 zhù zú to stop (walking) / to halt 阻 击 zǔ jī to check / to stop 止 步 zhǐ bù to halt / to stop / to go no farther 打 住 dǎ zhù to stop / to halt 停 息 tíng xī to stop / to cease 停 步 tíng bù to come to a stand / to stop 立 定 lì dìng to stop / to halt / halt! / to hold resolutely (of a view, an aspiration etc) 刹 住 shā zhù to stop / to come to a halt 阻 截 zǔ jié to stop / to obstruct / to bar the way 拒 付 jù fù to refuse to accept a payment / to refuse to pay / to stop (a check or payment) 已 already / to stop / then / afterwards 休 止 xiū zhǐ to stop 煞 住 shā zhù to brake / to stop / to forbid 息 breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2] 止 to stop / to prohibit / until / only 卡 to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]) / cassette 杜 birchleaf pear (tree) / to stop / to prevent / to restrict 站 点 zhàn diǎn a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological station etc) / (Internet) site (website, FTP site etc) 车 站 chē zhàn rail station / bus stop / CL:處|处[chu4],個|个[ge4] 停 留 tíng liú to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over 停 车 tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall 停 产 tíng chǎn to stop production 熄 灭 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished 昼 夜 zhòu yè day and night / period of 24 hours / continuously, without stop 终 点 站 zhōng diǎn zhàn terminus / final stop on rail or bus line 落 脚 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers 汽 车 站 qì chē zhàn bus stop / bus station 耽 搁 dān ge to tarry / to delay / to stop over 定 格 dìng gé to fix / to confine to / freeze frame / stop motion (filmmaking) 句 号 jù hào full stop / period (punct.) 搁 浅 gē qiǎn to be stranded (of ship) / to run aground / fig. to run into difficulties and stop 停 靠 tíng kào to call at / to stop at / berth 止 痛 zhǐ tòng to relieve pain / to stop pain / analgesic 封 顶 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 住 口 zhù kǒu shut up / shut your mouth / stop talking 停 用 tíng yòng to stop using / to suspend / to discontinue / to disable 不 绝 于 耳 bù jué yú ěr (of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on 停 工 tíng gōng to stop work / to shut down / to stop production 进 站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.) 当 机 dàng jī to crash (of a computer) / to stop working / (loanword from English "down") 闭 塞 bì sè to stop up / to close up / hard to get to / out of the way / inaccessible / unenlightened / blocking 间 歇 jiàn xiē to stop in the middle of sth / intermittent / intermittence 咔 嚓 kā chā (onom.) breaking or snapping / (coll.) cut it out / stop it / also written 喀嚓[ka1 cha1] 遏 止 è zhǐ to hold back / to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance) / to resist / esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc 停 歇 tíng xiē to stop for a rest 断 气 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply 收 工 shōu gōng to stop work for the day (generally of laborers) / to knock off 停 战 tíng zhàn to cease fire / to stop fighting / armistice / truce 闯 红 灯 chuǎng hóng dēng to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating 自 暴 自 弃 zì bào zì qì to abandon oneself to despair / to give up and stop bothering 适 可 而 止 shì kě ér zhǐ (idiom) to refrain from going too far / to know when to stop 站 牌 zhàn pái bus stop sign / train station sign 停 课 tíng kè to stop classes / to close (of school) 堵 死 dǔ sǐ to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up 歇 脚 xiē jiǎo to stop on the way for a rest 停 靠 站 tíng kào zhàn bus or tram stop / intermediate stop (on route of ship, plane etc) / port of call / stopover 截 稿 jié gǎo (of a newspaper) to stop accepting incoming articles 凝 滞 níng zhì to stagnate / to congeal / (fig.) to stop still / to freeze 喝 止 hè zhǐ to shout at sb to stop 骑 虎 难 下 qí hǔ nán xià if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom) / fig. impossible to stop halfway 停 刊 tíng kān (of a newspaper, magazine etc) to stop publishing 停 摆 tíng bǎi (of a pendulum) to stop swinging / (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt / to be suspended / to be canceled / shutdown / (sports) lockout 停 经 tíng jīng to stop menstruating (as a result of pregnancy, menopause or medical condition etc) 当 掉 dàng diào to fail (a student) / to pawn / (of a computer or program) to crash / to stop working 公 共 汽 车 站 gōng gòng qì chē zhàn bus stop / bus station 浅 尝 辄 止 qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom) / fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop 打 尖 dǎ jiān to stop for a snack while traveling 煞 笔 shā bǐ to stop one's pen / to break off writing / final remarks (at the end of a book or article) 停 航 tíng háng to stop running (of flight of shipping service) / to suspend service (flight, sailing) / to interrupt schedule 搁 笔 gē bǐ to put down the brush / to stop writing (or painting) 戛 然 jiá rán (literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound) / to be loud and clear 退 租 tuì zū to stop leasing 开 斋 kāi zhāi to stop following a vegetarian diet / to break a fast 不 到 黄 河 心 不 死 bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) / fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left 势 成 骑 虎 shì chéng qí hǔ if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom) / fig. impossible to stop halfway 招 呼 站 zhāo hu zhàn request bus stop 勾 留 gōu liú to stay / to stop over / to break one's journey 塞 to plug / to stop up / to stuff in / (bound form) a stopper / a cork 休 to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't 闭 to close / to stop up / to shut / to obstruct 
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