停停

tíngtíng

verb #14,729

Meanings

1 to stop repeatedly
2 on and off (used in reduplicated patterns like 走走停停)

Characters

Examples

雨走走停停，下了一整天。

Yǔ zǒuzǒu tíngtíng, xià le yī zhěng tiān.

The rain came and went on and off all day.

我们走走停停，沿途拍了很多照片。

Wǒmen zǒuzǒu tíngtíng, yántú pāi le hěn duō zhàopiàn.

We stopped and started along the way, taking lots of photos.

Tips

grammar

停停 is rarely used alone. It appears in AABB reduplicated patterns like 走走停停 (stop and go) or 消消停停 (intermittently).

Stroke Order

停 tíng