停顿
tíng dùn
Pinyin

Definition

停顿
 - 
tíng dùn
  1. to halt
  2. to break off
  3. pause (in speech)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

停
tíng
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to halt
  3. 3 to park (a car)
停下
tíng xià
  1. 1 to stop
停机
tíng jī
  1. 1 (of a machine) to stop
  2. 2 to shut down
  3. 3 to park a plane
  4. 4 to finish shooting (a TV program etc)
  5. 5 to suspend a phone line
  6. 6 (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit
停歇
tíng xiē
  1. 1 to stop for a rest
停止
tíng zhǐ
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to halt
  3. 3 to cease
停留
tíng liú
  1. 1 to stay somewhere temporarily
  2. 2 to stop over
停车
tíng chē
  1. 1 to pull up (stop one's vehicle)
  2. 2 to park
  3. 3 (of a machine) to stop working
  4. 4 to stall
停车场
tíng chē chǎng
  1. 1 parking lot
  2. 2 car park
停电
tíng diàn
  1. 1 to have a power failure
  2. 2 power cut
暂停
zàn tíng
  1. 1 to suspend
  2. 2 time-out (e.g. in sports)
  3. 3 stoppage
  4. 4 pause (media player)
消停
xiāo tíng
  1. 1 to calm down
  2. 2 to stop
  3. 3 to pause
  4. 4 calmly
  5. 5 peaceful
  6. 6 restful
马不停蹄
mǎ bù tíng tí
  1. 1 unrelenting
  2. 2 without stopping to rest
不停
bù tíng
  1. 1 incessant
停下来
tíng xià lái
  1. 1 to stop
停住
tíng zhù
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to halt
  3. 3 to cease
停尸
tíng shī
  1. 1 to keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation)
停工
tíng gōng
  1. 1 to stop work
  2. 2 to shut down
  3. 3 to stop production
停息
tíng xī
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to cease
停战
tíng zhàn
  1. 1 armistice
  2. 2 cease fire
停摆
tíng bǎi
  1. 1 (of a pendulum) to stop swinging
  2. 2 (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt
  3. 3 to be suspended
  4. 4 to be canceled
  5. 5 shutdown
  6. 6 (sports) lockout

Idioms (1)

停滞不前
tíng zhì bù qián
  1. 1 stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant
  2. 2 in a rut
  3. 3 at a standstill

Sample Sentences

在一个句子里面，表示停顿。
zài yī ge jùzi lǐmiàn ，biǎoshì tíngdùn 。
It signifies a pause in a sentence.
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