Stroke order for 止

zhǐ
HSK 3HSK 2 (Write)Very Common

Basic Meaning

v
常表示自身运动或活动的停止,如‘止步’(停下脚步)。
to stop moving; to cease
停住不动。
Words:
止息止步学无止境血流不止游人止步
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Sentences:
  1. (qián)(miàn)(de)()(biāo)(xiě)(zhe)()(zhǐ)()
    The sign ahead says ‘Tourists stop here.’
  2. (tīng)(dào)(lǎo)(shī)(de)()(píng)()()()(zhǐ)(zhù)(le)(xiào)(shēng)
    Upon hearing the teacher's criticism, he immediately stopped laughing.
v
表示主动阻止或制止某个事件、行为或状态,如‘止血’(阻止流血)。
to stop (something); to prevent
拦阻;使停住。
Words:
制止禁止止血止痛止不住
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Sentences:
  1. ()(shēng)(yòng)(shā)()(bāng)()(zhǐ)(xuè)
    The doctor used gauze to stop his bleeding.
  2. (jǐng)(chǎ)()(shí)(zhǐ)(zhì)(le)()(cháng)()(jià)
    The police timely stopped that fight.
v
常用于描述一个有期限或范围的事物在特定时间结束,如‘截止日期’。
to end; to be cut off; to stop (by a certain time)
截止,一件事情到一定时间停止。
Words:
截止起止停止
Antonyms:
Sentences:
  1. ()(sài)(de)(bào)(míng)(shí)(jiān)(zhǐ)()(běn)(zhōu)()
    The registration for the competition ends this Friday.
  2. ()(tóng)(de)(yǒu)(xiào)()()(zhǐ)()()(dǒu)(xiě)(qīng)(chǔ)(le)
    The start and end dates of the contract's validity are clearly written.
adv
用作副词,直接修饰名词或代词,限制数量或范围,隐含‘仅有’的意思。常见于‘不止’等结构中。
only; merely
只;仅仅(直接放在名词或代词前,限制事物的数量。可以理解为中间隐含一个动词“有”“是”等)。
Words:
止此一家不止一次不止一回不止
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Sentences:
  1. (zhè)(jiā)(diàn)(de)()()(tiān)(pǐn)(zhǐ)()()(jiā)(bié)(chù)(méi)(yǒu)
    The special desserts of this shop are only available here, nowhere else.
  2. ()(lái)(guò)()(zhǐ)()()(le)
    He has come here more than once.

Writing & Component

Radical
Structuresingle
Stroke Count4
Strokes丨一丨一