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7-9

to pause

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

ting2dun4 tíngdùn

Meaning


Primary

to pause

Alternatives

pause, paused, pauses, pausing, to halt, halt

Mnemonic


停頓 To pause is 停 to halt something temporarily by 頓 pausing it for a bit.

Usage


老師 停頓 了 一下。

The teacher paused a moment.

車流 突然 停頓 了。

The traffic paused.

演講 中 有 個 停頓。

There was a pause in the speech.

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