HSK 6 · Verbs

终止 zhōngzhǐ “to terminate” in Chinese

Traditional 終止

What 终止 means

  1. to terminate
  2. to stop
  3. to end

How to say 终止

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale终zhōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale止zhǐ3rd tone, dipping

终止 in a sentence

  1. 双方同意终止合同。

    Shuāngfāng tóngyì zhōngzhǐ hétong.

    Both sides agreed to end the contract.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 因为天气不好，演出提前终止了。

    Yīnwèi tiānqì bù hǎo, yǎnchū tíqián zhōngzhǐ le.

    Because of the bad weather, the show ended early.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 终止 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 终 (zhōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
终zhōngend
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 冬part of the characterSound part
The character 止 (zhǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
止zhǐto stop
  • 上above · shǎng
  • 丨line · gǔn

How to write 终止

终 8 strokes · 止 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 终止

Words with 终

终于zhōngyú · at last最终zuìzhōng · final始终shǐzhōng · from beginning to end终身zhōngshēn · lifelong终点zhōngdiǎn · finish line终究zhōngjiū · after all

Words with 止

禁止jìnzhǐ · to prohibit阻止zǔzhǐ · to prevent截止jiézhǐ · to end防止fángzhǐ · to prevent制止zhìzhǐ · to stop不止bùzhǐ · more than迄今为止qìjīnwéizhǐ · so far

More words: Common Verbs

支援zhīyuán · to support制约zhìyuē · to restrict制止zhìzhǐ · to stop中断zhōngduàn · to interrupt拄zhǔ · to lean on (a stick)拽zhuài · to pull转移zhuǎnyí · to transfer坠zhuì · to fall

FAQs

终止 (zhōngzhǐ) means “to terminate” or “to stop”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhōngzhǐ: zhōng with a 1st tone, then zhǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 终止 is written 終止. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhongzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 终止 from the suggestions. Typing zhongzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
终止 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.