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止 - zhǐ

stop, halt, desist; detain

stop, halt, desist; detain

How to read 止

Click 止 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinzhǐ
Englishstop, halt, desist; detain
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

止咳 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 止境. Please read 止息 one more time.

Common words with this character

to suppress coughing
limit; boundary; end
to cease; to end
stop-loss; to sell a security in response to its price dropping to one's stop-loss point 止損點|止损点[zhi3 sun3 dian3]

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 止 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 止咳 and 止境 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 止.