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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ting2
- English meanings
- stay, cease, put_off, cessation, stop, switch off, cheese, stop over, cut off, halt, turn off, lie at anchor, pause, park
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 亻; right 亭.
Meaning & sound clues
亻 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “person”.
亭 is identified as the sound component (tíng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 停.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
pavilion; booth
hall
let
courtyard; court
royal court
very
boat; small ship
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 不停
- 停下
- 停业
- 停放
- 停止
- 停泊
- 停电
- 停留
- 停车
- 停车位
- 停车场
- 停顿
- 暂停