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HSK
3

to stop

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

zhi3 zhǐ

Meaning


Primary

to stop

Alternatives

stop, stopping, stops, stopped

Mnemonic


[zh-] James Bond is in the [3] basement of the [-_] house, tied up onto a table by an evil mobster. A laser slowly moves towards his 止 foot, and James Bond needs 止 to stop it before it cleanly severs his 止 foot right off. He kicks the shoe off his other 止 foot, hitting the laser head, 止 stopping the danger.

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