English–Chinese
“stop” in Chinese
How to say “stop” in Chinese
“Stop” in Chinese is 停 (tíng).
A moving thing or ongoing action reaches a still point, or someone brings it to that point.
Example sentences with 停
电梯突然停了，大家很紧张。diàn tī tū rán tíng le dà jiā hěn jǐn zhāng
The elevator suddenly stopped, and everyone felt very nervous.
Tips for using 停
- For vehicles, 停车 (tíng chē, "stop or park a vehicle") can describe both ending movement and leaving the vehicle in a place, so context determines the natural English choice.
Other Chinese words for “stop”
列车停止了。liè chē tíng zhǐ le
The train stopped.
那个人突然站住了。nà ge rén tū rán zhàn zhù le
That person suddenly stopped.
因为下雨，比赛被终止了。yīn wèi xià yǔ bǐ sài bèi zhōng zhǐ le
Because of the rain, the game was stopped.
我尽力阻止了那次争吵。wǒ jìn lì zú zhǐ le nà cì zhēng chǎo
I did my best to stop that argument.
他在门口拦住了我。tā zài mén kǒu lán zhù le wǒ
He stopped me at the door.
车子在路口停下了。chē zi zài lù kǒu tíng xià le
The car stopped at the intersection.
我试图制止他，但没有成功。wǒ shì tú zhì zhǐ tā dàn méi yǒu chéng gōng
I tried to stop him, but I didn't succeed.
他看到前面危险，马上止步。tā kàn dào qián miàn wēi xiǎn mǎ shàng zhǐ bù
He saw danger ahead and stopped immediately.
保安人员上前阻拦了打架的人。bǎo ān rén yuán shàng qián zǔ lán le dǎ jià de rén
The security guards stepped forward to stop the people who were fighting.
公交车马上在下一站停靠。gōng jiāo chē mǎ shàng zài xià yí zhàn tíng kào
The bus will stop at the next stop soon.
我看到她准备走，就上前把她拦住了。wǒ kàn dào tā zhǔn bèi zǒu jiù shàng qián bǎ tā lán zhù le
I saw that she was about to leave, so I went over and stopped her.