HSK 4 · Verbs

停 tíng “to stop” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 停 means

  1. to stop
  2. to park (a car)
  3. to halt

How to say 停

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale停tíng2nd tone, rising

停 in a sentence

  1. 等雨停了，我们去散步吧。

    Děng yǔ tíng le, wǒmen qù sànbù ba.

    When it stops raining, let’s go for a walk.

    Sentence #7773130 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们在下个加油站停一下。

    Wǒmen zài xià ge jiāyóuzhàn tíng yíxià.

    Let’s stop at the next petrol station.

    Sentence #333010 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我能把自行车停哪儿呀？

    Wǒ néng bǎ zìxíngchē tíng nǎr ya?

    Where can I park my bike?

    Sentence #10308980 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 停 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 停 (tíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
停tíngto stop
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 亭pavilion · tíngSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 亭 (tíng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tíng.

How to write 停

停 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

停 (tíng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 停 (tíng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 停

Words with 停

停顿tíngdùn · to pause停滞tíngzhì · to stagnate停泊tíngbó · to anchor

More words: Common Verbs

趟tàng · measure word for trips: a trip弹钢琴tángāngqín · to play the piano提tí · to carry提供tígōng · to offer提前tíqián · to bring forward通过tōngguò · to pass through推tuī · to push推迟tuīchí · to postpone

FAQs

停 (tíng) means “to stop” or “to park (a car)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tíng: tíng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 停 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ting with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 停 from the suggestions. Typing ting into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
停 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.