停下

tíngxià

verb HSK 4 #1,183

Meanings

1 to stop
2 to come to a halt

Characters

to stop; to halt

down (resultative complement)

Examples

车停下了。

Chē tíngxià le.

The car stopped.

请停下来，让我看看。

Qǐng tíngxiàlái, ràng wǒ kànkan.

Please stop and let me have a look.

雨终于停下来了。

Yǔ zhōngyú tíngxiàlái le.

The rain finally stopped.

Tips

grammar

停下 and 停下来 are both used. 停下来 emphasizes the completion of the stopping action. 下 here is a resultative complement indicating the action has been completed.

Stroke Order

停 tíng

下 xià