Chinese word

制止

Pronunciation

Pinyinzhì zhǐ

Meaning

  • verbstop

Example

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.

Illustration for 制止 (stop)

More examples

老师及时制止了那场打架。lǎo shī jí shí zhì zhǐ le nà chǎng dǎ jià

The teacher promptly stopped the fight.

Core concept

A direct intervention that brings an ongoing action under control and toward a stop.

Common phrases

  • 制止暴力zhì zhǐ bào lì

    stop violence

  • 制止行为zhì zhǐ xíng wéi

    stop the behavior

  • 被制止bèi zhì zhǐ

    be stopped

Similar words

阻止zú zhǐ: Act in advance to prevent an action or event from happening.
劝阻quàn zǔ: Persuade someone to stop an action by explaining reasons.
拦住lán zhù: Block a person or object with the body or hands and stop its movement on the spot.
阻挡zú dǎng: Physically block a person or object from moving forward by resisting its progress or force.

Definition in Chinese

用言语、动作或规章等使某人或某事停止，侧重于对当前行为的直接劝阻或抑制。yòng yán yǔ dòng zuò huò guī zhāng děng shǐ mǒu rén huò mǒu shì tíng zhǐ cè zhòng yú duì dāng qián xíng wéi de zhí jiē quàn zǔ huò yì zhì

Word origin

制 (zhì, "control") + 止 (zhǐ, "stop") combines the ideas of controlling an action and bringing it to an end.

Usage tips

  • The verb can describe an intervention even when it fails, so its use does not guarantee that the action actually ends.

Other meanings

  • preventverb
  • restraintnoun
  • restrainverb

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