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HSK
to stop; to halt; to cease
HSK 3
to prevent / to guard against / to take precautions
HSK 3
to prevent / to block
HSK 4
to prohibit / to forbid / to ban
HSK 4
to stop; to terminate
HSK 5
incessantly / without end / more than / not limited to
HSK 5
until / (used in combination with words like or in constructs of the form ...為止|到...为止)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *止* | 止* | *止
to stop / to prohibit / until / only
HSK 6
to end; to close / (electricity) cut-off
HSK 6
to curb / to put a stop to / to stop / to check / to limit
HSK 7-9
still / immobile / static / stationary
HSK 7-9
bearing / manner / mien
HSK 7-9
to halt / to stop / to go no farther
HSK 7-9
so far / up to now / still (not)
HSK 7-9
to suppress coughing
HSK 7-9
to staunch (bleeding) / hemostatic (drug)
HSK 7-9
to cease / to suspend / to break off / to stop / to discontinue
HSK 7-9
to supress / to restrain
to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
to repeal (a law) / to put an end to / abolition / annulled
painkiller / analgesic / anodyne
until now; so far
Xizhi or Hsichih city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
to hold back / to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance) / to resist / esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc
Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
(finance) stop-loss / to sell a security in response to its price dropping to one's stop-loss point 止損點|止损点
(idiom) to gasp in amazement / to acclaim as the peak of perfection
to want to say sth but then hesitate
not only; far from; more than
movements / attitude / behavior / whereabouts / tracks
far more than / not just
rest (music)
lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) / fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop
no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study. / You live and learn.
lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom) / fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not
painkiller
many times / on more than one occasion
looks and demeanor
(idiom) without end; never-ending
with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)
incomparably good
(literary) end / limit
to be at peace with oneself
lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom) / fig. to console oneself with illusions
to stop
to shout at sb to stop
to cease / to end
limit / boundary / end
Xizhi or Hsichih city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
lit. orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom)fig. to execute every order without fail
anti-perspirant
(before an expression indicating a point of time) up to (that point); as of (that time)
to prevent slipping / anti-slip
deadline; cut-off date
No smoking!
while stocks last / subject to availability
ceaseless; endless (idiom)
to invigorate blood circulation and alleviate pain (idiom)
to touch on sth and leave it there / to take care not to overdo sth
deadline
endless
(finance) stop-loss point (price at which one resolves to sell a security at a loss in order to avoid the possibility of having to sell later at an even lower price)
an analgesic / pain killer
to stop / to leave off
to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)
cough suppressant syrup / cough mixture
stop-loss order (finance)
plug to stop bleeding / tampon (medicine)
(mechanical engineering) dead point; dead center
to forbid sb to go out / to curfew / to ground (as disciplinary measure)
Do not enter! (road sign)
complete prohibition / total ban
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
to stop at this point / to end here / to call it a day
(before an expression indicating a point of time) up to (that point); as of (that time)
painkiller / analgesic
to relieve pain / to stop pain / analgesic
method of relieving pain
dressing / pad to stop bleeding
Band-Aid / plaster
snooze button
endless
while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
to approach / to come close
(idiom) to refrain from going too far; to know when to stop
stationary front (meteorology)


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