停顿 (停頓)
tíng dùn
Pinyin

Definition

停顿 (停頓)
 - 
tíng dùn
  1. to halt
  2. to break off
  3. pause (in speech)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

停
tíng
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to halt
  3. 3 to park (a car)
停下
tíng xià
  1. 1 to stop
停机
tíng jī
  1. 1 (of a machine) to stop
  2. 2 to shut down
  3. 3 to park a plane
  4. 4 to finish shooting (a TV program etc)
  5. 5 to suspend a phone line
  6. 6 (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit
停歇
tíng xiē
  1. 1 to stop for a rest
停止
tíng zhǐ
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to halt
  3. 3 to cease

Idioms (1)

停滞不前
tíng zhì bù qián
  1. 1 stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant
  2. 2 in a rut
  3. 3 at a standstill

Sample Sentences

在一个句子里面，表示停顿。
zài yī ge jùzi lǐmiàn ，biǎoshì tíngdùn 。
It signifies a pause in a sentence.
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