中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
中止
zhōngzhǐ
to suspend; to halt midway
Characters in this word
止 zhǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 止 — to stop, to halt
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 由于安全评估尚未完成，委员会决定中止试点项目，等待进一步数据。 Yóuyú ānquán pínggū shàngwèi wánchéng, wěiyuánhuì juédìng zhōngzhǐ shìdiǎn xiàngmù, děngdài jìnyíbù shùjù. Because the safety assessment had not yet been completed, the committee decided to suspend the pilot project and wait for further data.
- 谈判因双方分歧太大而暂时中止。 Tánpàn yīn shuāngfāng fēnqí tài dà ér zànshí zhōngzhǐ. The negotiations were temporarily suspended because the two sides disagreed too deeply.
- 比赛进行到一半突然中止，观众都很意外。 Bǐsài jìnxíng dào yíbàn tūrán zhōngzhǐ, guānzhòng dōu hěn yìwài. The match came to a sudden halt halfway through, surprising the audience.
Related words
- 中 zhōng middle, center; in, during
- 中国 Zhōngguó China
- 中间 zhōngjiān middle; between, among
- 中文 Zhōngwén Chinese (language)
- 中午 zhōngwǔ noon, midday
- 中学 zhōngxué middle school
- 中学生 zhōngxuéshēng middle school student
- 高中 gāozhōng senior high school
- 其中 qízhōng among them
- 心中 xīnzhōng in one's heart
- 中餐 zhōngcān Chinese food
- 中级 zhōngjí intermediate level