zhǐ
arrêter; seulement; juste; jusqu'à; à
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请止步。
qǐng zhǐ bù.
Please stop.
他止不住地哭泣。
tā zhǐ bù zhù de kū qì.
He couldn't stop crying.
这种行为必须立即停止。
zhè zhǒng xíng wéi bì xū lì jí tíng zhǐ.
This kind of behavior must stop immediately.
停 (tíng)
stop
住 (zhù)
stop
动 (dòng)
move
行 (xíng)
go
The Chinese character 止 (zhǐ) means "to stop" or "to cease". It is composed of two parts: the radical 彳 (chì), which represents a foot, and the phonetic component 止 (zhǐ), which is a simplified form of the character 止 (zhǐ), which means "to stop". The character 止 (zhǐ) has been used in Chinese writing for over 3,000 years, and it has a rich history of usage. In ancient times, it was often used in religious texts to represent the concept of "stopping" or "ceasing". For example, in the Taoist text the Daodejing, the character 止 (zhǐ) is used to represent the idea of "stopping the flow of desire". In modern times, the character 止 (zhǐ) is still used in a variety of contexts, including in everyday speech, literature, and poetry. It is also used in a number of Chinese idioms, such as 一劳永逸 (yīláoyǒngyì), which means "to do something once and for all".
