截止 jiézhǐ▶ debido

Stroke order

截止 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 截 — 14 strokes
• 止 — 4 strokes

Senses

1. to end; to close
2. (electricity) cut-off

Related words

• 不止más que
• 制止Basta
• 截至Para (tiempo)
• 终止terminación
• 防止Prevenir; Evitar
• 斩钉截铁resuelto y decisivo

截止 is pronounced jiézhǐ and means “debido”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 截止 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.