止

Pinyin: zhǐ

to stop; to prohibit; until; only

Example sentence

人们需要止住仇恨。

Rénmen xūyào zhǐ zhù chóuhèn.

People need to stop hating.

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What 止 means

止 (zhǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “to stop; to prohibit; until; only”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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