停牌

tíngpái

verb

Meanings

1 to suspend trading (of a stock)
2 to halt trading

Characters

Examples

这只股票突然停牌了。

Zhè zhī gǔpiào tūrán tíngpái le.

Trading in this stock was suddenly suspended.

公司因重大事项申请停牌。

Gōngsī yīn zhòngdà shìxiàng shēnqǐng tíngpái.

The company applied to halt trading due to a major event.

Tips

usage

停牌 is a stock-market term; it does not mean 'stop the sign'. Common triggers are pending announcements, M&A news, or regulatory review. The opposite is 复牌 (fùpái, resume trading).

Stroke Order

停 tíng

牌 pái