Meaning
to stop; toe
Chinese: 停止、阻止。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “zhi” becomes a different word in each tone. 止 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 停止tíng zhǐto stop; to halt; to cease
- 防止fáng zhǐto prevent; to guard against; to take precautions
- 阻止zǔ zhǐto prevent; to block
- 禁止jìn zhǐto prohibit; to forbid; to ban
- 为止wéi zhǐuntil
Example Sentence
雨终于停止了。Yǔ zhōng yú tíng zhǐ le.The rain finally stopped.
雨Yǔrain终于zhōng yúat last停止tíng zhǐto stop了le(completed action)。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of a foot, showing toes and sole. Its first meaning was ‘foot’; it later came to mean ‘to stop’. It hides inside 步, 正, 走 and 足.
A way to remember it
A planted foot that has come to a halt — stop.
Easy to confuse with
- 正‘Upright / correct’: a line (一) added on top of 止 — a foot stopped right on the mark.