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停下

tíngxià
verb #1,183

Meanings

  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to come to a halt

Examples

HSK 1
车停下了。
Chē tíngxià le.
The car stopped.
HSK 2
请停下来，让我看看。
Qǐng tíngxiàlái, ràng wǒ kànkan.
Please stop and let me have a look.
HSK 3
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