HSK 5 · Verbs

阻止 zǔzhǐ “to prevent” in Chinese

Said as zúzhǐ

Same in Traditional

What 阻止 means

  1. to prevent
  2. to block

How to say 阻止

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale阻zǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale止zhǐ3rd tone, dipping

Said as zúzhǐ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

阻止 in a sentence

  1. 没有什么可以阻止他。

    Méiyǒu shénme kěyǐ zǔzhǐ tā.

    Nothing can stop him.

    Sentence #2003371 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我试着阻止它发生。

    Wǒ shì zhe zǔzhǐ tā fāshēng.

    I tried to stop it from happening.

    Sentence #5862098 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 没人能阻止我去那儿。

    Méi rén néng zǔzhǐ wǒ qù nàr.

    No one can stop me from going there.

    Sentence #426892 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 阻止 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 阻 (zǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
阻zǔto hinder
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 且moreover · qiěSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 且 (qiě) hints at the sound. Compare it with zǔ.

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 阻止

阻 7 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.

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

Words related to 阻止

Words with 阻

阻碍zǔ'ài · to hinder阻拦zǔlán · to stop阻挠zǔnáo · to obstruct

Words with 止

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

More words: Common Verbs

追zhuī · to chase追求zhuīqiú · to pursue (a goal)组成zǔchéng · to form组织zǔzhī · to organise组合zǔhé · to assemble遵守zūnshǒu · to comply with挨ái · to suffer安置ānzhì · to find a place for

FAQs

阻止 (zǔzhǐ) means “to prevent” or “to block”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zǔzhǐ: zǔ with a 3rd tone, then zhǐ with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like zúzhǐ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 阻止 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 阻止 from the suggestions. Typing zuzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
阻止 is an HSK 5 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.