止
zhǐ
Meaning
- to stop
- until
Definition
停止，停住。不再进行。
to stop, to cease, to halt.
Usage
用于表示动作或状态的停止，也可以表示阻止、截止。常用于'停止'、'阻止'、'止步'、'不止'等词组中。
Used to indicate cessation of an action or state, can also mean to prevent or to end until. Commonly used in words like '停止' (stop), '阻止' (prevent), '止步' (stop walking), '不止' (more than; not only).
Examples
- 1 比赛因大雨止。 (The match stopped due to heavy rain.)
- 2 他试图止住流血。 (He tried to stop the bleeding.)
- 3 请止步，前方危险。 (Please stop, danger ahead.)
- 4 他学习不止，力求进步。 (He studies unceasingly, striving for improvement.)
- 5 报名日期至月底止。 (The registration deadline is the end of the month.)
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