停滞 tíngzhì▶ trì trệ

Stroke order

停滞 is written in 23 strokes across 2 characters.

• 停 — 11 strokes
• 滞 — 12 strokes

Senses

1. stagnation
2. at a standstill
3. bogged down

Related words

• 停泊Neo
• 停顿tạm dừng
• 滞留sự giữ lại
• 停Dừng lại

停滞 is pronounced tíngzhì and means “trì trệ”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 停滞 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.