停顿 tíngdùn▶ หยุดชั่วคราว

Stroke order

停顿 is written in 21 strokes across 2 characters.

• 停 — 11 strokes
• 顿 — 10 strokes

Senses

1. to halt
2. to break off
3. pause (in speech)

Related words

• 停泊สมอ, ผู้ประกาศข่าว
• 停滞ความซบเซา
• 整顿แก้ไข
• 顿时ทันใดนั้น, ฉับพลัน
• 顿มื้ออาหาร
• 停หยุด

停顿 is pronounced tíngdùn and means “หยุดชั่วคราว”. HSK 6 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 停顿 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.