止 zhǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 止 — to stop, to halt
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
止步
zhǐbù
to stop; to go no further; to halt at
Characters in this word
步 bù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 止 — to stop, to halt
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 改革不能止步于口号，必须落实到预算、监督和问责机制。 Gǎigé bù néng zhǐbù yú kǒuhào, bìxū luòshí dào yùsuàn, jiāndū hé wènzé jīzhì. Reform cannot stop at slogans; it must be implemented through budgets, supervision, and accountability mechanisms.
- 我们队止步于预选赛，没能进入决赛。 Wǒmen duì zhǐbù yú yùxuǎnsài, méi néng jìnrù juésài. Our team was eliminated in the qualifying round and did not make it to the final.
- 科学探索不会止步于现有的答案。 Kēxué tànsuǒ bù huì zhǐbù yú xiànyǒu de dá'àn. Scientific exploration never halts at the answers we already have.
Related words
- 防止 fángzhǐ to prevent
- 停止 tíngzhǐ to stop
- 禁止 jìnzhǐ to forbid
- 阻止 zǔzhǐ to stop; to prevent
- 不止 bùzhǐ more than; nonstop
- 为止 wéizhǐ until (up to a point)
- 终止 zhōngzhǐ to stop; to end
- 截止 jiézhǐ to end, to cut off
- 何止 hézhǐ far more than; not merely
- 静止 jìngzhǐ stationary; still
- 举止 jǔzhǐ bearing; manner; conduct
- 制止 zhìzhǐ to stop; to prevent; to curb