停 (tíng) means Stop. Below are 24 of the 44 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
车就 停 在门口。
Chē jiù tíng zài ménkǒu.
The car is parked right by the door.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 停
他把车 停 在车库里。
Tā bǎ chē tíng zài chēkù lǐ.
He parked the car in the garage.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 车库
这样 停 车妨碍别人。
Zhèyàng tíng chē fáng'ài biéren.
Parking like this gets in other people's way.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 妨碍
我们 停 下来看风景。
Wǒmen tíng xiàlái kàn fēngjǐng.
We stopped to look at the view.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 风景
一辆卡车 停 在门口。
Yí liàng kǎchē tíng zài ménkǒu.
A truck is parked at the gate.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 卡车
红灯是 停 车的信号。
Hóng dēng shì tíng chē de xìnhào.
A red light is the signal to stop.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 信号
港口 停 着几艘舰艇。
Gǎngkǒu tíngzhe jǐ sōu jiàntǐng.
Several naval vessels are moored in the harbour.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 舰艇
这个区域禁止 停 车。
Zhège qūyù jìnzhǐ tíngchē.
Parking is forbidden in this zone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 区域
树梢上 停 着一只鸟。
Shù shāo shang tíngzhe yì zhī niǎo.
A bird is perched on the tip of the branch.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 梢
港口 停 着三艘大船。
Gǎngkǒu tíngzhe sān sōu dà chuán.
Three large ships are moored in the harbour.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 艘
谈判一度陷入 停 滞。
Tánpàn yídù xiànrù tíngzhì.
The talks stalled for a time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 停滞
我们在加油站 停 一下。
Wǒmen zài jiāyóuzhàn tíng yíxià.
Let us stop at the petrol station for a moment.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 加油站
雨没 停 ，反而下大了。
Yǔ méi tíng, fǎn'ér xià dà le.
The rain did not stop; it got heavier instead.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 反而
公司发布了 停 业公告。
Gōngsī fābù le tíngyè gōnggào.
The company issued a notice of closure.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 公告
几艘渔船 停 泊在岸边。
Jǐ sōu yúchuán tíngbó zài àn biān.
Several fishing boats are moored by the shore.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 停泊
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From the graded readers
可是从那天起，我就再也没有 停 过。
kěshì cóng nà / nèi tiān qǐ, wǒ jiù zài yě méiyǒu tíng guò.
But from that day on I never stopped again.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
李老师跟我说：“慢一点儿没关系，别 停 下来。”
lǐ lǎoshī gēn wǒ shuō:" màn yīdiǎn ér méiguānxi, bié tíngxìalái."
Teacher Li said to me, "Slower is fine — just don't stop."
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
我 停 了大概三秒钟——那三秒钟对我来说像三个小时。
wǒ tíng le / liǎo / liào dàgài sān miǎo zhōng—— nà / nèi sān miǎo zhōng duì wǒ láishuō xiàng sān gè xiǎoshí.
I stopped for about three seconds — three seconds that felt like three hours to me.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
From the travel phrasebook
停 appears in 44 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 停
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 停
How is 停 used in a sentence?
This page shows 44 sentences using 停 (tíng, "Stop"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 停 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 停 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 停 an HSK word?
Yes — 停 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 停?
The dictionary page for 停 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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