停
顿

To halt in Chinese: 停顿 (tíng dùn)

tíng dùn

to halt

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 停頓1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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停
顿

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄧㄥˊ

tíng

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄉㄨㄣˋ

dùn

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

停顿

Simplified

停頓

Traditional

Example sentences

See 停顿 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他说话时停顿了一下。

    tā shuō huà shí tíng dùn le yí xià。

    He paused for a moment while speaking.

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Related words

顿

dùn

to stop

停

tíng

to stop

停止

tíng zhǐ

to stop

停车

tíng chē

to pull up (stop one's vehicle)

停下

tíng xià

to stop

不停

bù tíng

incessant

停留

tíng liú

to stay somewhere temporarily

暂停

zàn tíng

to suspend

整顿

zhěng dùn

to tidy up

顿时

dùn shí

immediately

停电

tíng diàn

to have a power failure

停放

tíng fàng

to park (a car etc)

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