HSK 2 · Coming & going

停

tíng

to stop

Stroke order of 停

停 is written with 11 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A person (亻) at a pavilion (亭): stop.

Parts: 亻 person + 亭 pavilion

Example sentence

车停在门口。

The car stopped at the door.

Words with 停

停车to park; to stop 停车场parking lot 停止to stop

More words: Coming & going

进入to enter 离开to leave 走过to walk past 走进to walk into 走开to go away 过来to come over 经过to pass; through 通过to pass; by means of 通to connect; to go through 站住to stop; halt 排row; to line up 排队to queue 靠to lean on; to depend on 身边by one's side

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