停 tíng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 亭 pavilion
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
停下
tíngxià
to stop
Characters in this word
下 xià
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- 一 one 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 车停下了。 Chē tíngxià le. The car came to a stop.
- 请先停下。 Qǐng xiān tíngxià. Please stop first.
- 雨慢慢停下。 Yǔ mànmàn tíngxià. The rain slowly stops.
Related words
- 停 tíng to stop
- 停车 tíngchē to park
- 停车场 tíngchēchǎng parking lot
- 停止 tíngzhǐ to stop
- 不停 bùtíng nonstop
- 停留 tíngliú to stay; to stop briefly
- 暂停 zàntíng to pause
- 楼下 lóuxià downstairs
- 下 xià down, below; to go down; to finish (work or class)
- 下班 xiàbān to finish work
- 下边 xiàbian below, underneath
- 下车 xiàchē to get off (a bus or car)