止 zhǐ

1. zhǐ verb to stop; to halt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC '止' v 1; CC-CEDICT '止'; Guoyu '止' v 1; Kroll 2015 '止' 1; Mathews 1931 '止', p. 131)
2. zhǐ verb to arrive; until; to end
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The end of a period (CC-CEDICT '止'; Guoyu '止' v 2; Kroll 2015 '止' 2; NCCED '止' 2)
3. zhǐ noun Kangxi radical 77
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '止' n 4)
4. zhǐ adverb only
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In place of 只 (Guoyu '止' adv; Kroll 2015 '止' 5; Mathews 1931 '止', p. 131; NCCED '止' 3)
5. zhǐ verb to prohibit; to prevent; to refrain; to detain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC '止' v 2; CC-CEDICT '止'; Guoyu '止' v 3; Kroll 2015 '止' 1a; Mathews 1931 '止', p. 131; NCCED '止' 1)
6. zhǐ verb to remain in one place; to stay; to dwell
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC '止' v 3; Guoyu '止' v 4; Kroll 2015 '止' 3)
7. zhǐ verb to rest; to settle; to be still
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '止' adj; Kroll 2015 '止' 3a)
8. zhǐ noun deportment; bearing; demeanor; manner
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, in the 千字文 ”Thousand Character Classic, 容止若思 '[A person's appearance and manner show what he is thinking]' (ABC '止' n; Guoyu '止' n 2; Kroll 2015 '止' 4; Wu and Tee 2015, p. 973)
9. zhǐ particle a particle at the end of a phrase
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '止' 6)
10. zhǐ noun foot
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '止' n 1; Kroll 2015 '止' 7)
11. zhǐ particle a particle adding emphasis
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '止' particle)
12. zhǐ noun percussion mallet; drumstick
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '止' n 3)

Contained in

• 投止 to stay away from home
• 谏止(諫止) to admonish someone to stop their unvirtuous ways
• 止戈为武(止戈為武) refrain from using weapons for fighting [is is the true art of war]
• 游客止步 visitors are not admitted
• 休止符 rest
• 止汗剂(止汗劑) anti-perspirant
• 停止 to stop; to halt; to cease
• 禁止外出 to forbid somebody to go out; to curfew; to ground (as disciplinary measure)
• 止谤(止謗) prevent slander
• 不止 to be incessant; to be without end ; not only; not limited to
• 止血药(止血藥) hemostatic drug
• 永无止境(永無止境) without end; never-ending
• 且行且止 starting and stopping; hesitating
• 止血栓 plug to stop bleeding; tampon
• 止血 to staunch bleeding; hemostatic drug
• 止闹按钮(止鬧按鈕) snooze button
• 止步 to halt; to stop; to go no farther ; no admittance
• 止咳 to suppress coughing
• 活血止痛 to invigorate blood circulation and alleviate pain
• 止留 detain
• 静止轨道(靜止軌道) a geostationary orbit
• 止宿 to stay (for the night); to find accommodation
• 止损点(止損點) stop-loss point, a point at which you make a small loss to limit your losses
• 止怒 refrain from anger
• 静止锋(靜止鋒) stationary front (meteorology)
• 充饥止渴(充飢止渴) to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst
• 禁止 to prohibit ; to limit to a specific place
• 学无止境(學無止境) no end to learning
• 禁止驶入(禁止駛入) Do not enter! (road sign)
• 树欲静而风不止(樹欲靜而風不止) the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease
• 底止 end; limit
• 截止 to close; to stop
• 止痛片 painkiller
• 止痛 to relieve pain
• 全面禁止核试验条约(全面禁止核試驗條約) Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
• 止痛法 method of relieving pain
• 不止一次 many times; on more than one occasion
• 点到即止(點到即止) to touch on something and leave it there; to take care not to overdo sth
• 止息 to stop and rest
• 望梅止渴 to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums; to console oneself with illusions
• 生命不息，战斗不止(生命不息，戰鬥不止) while there is life, the fight continues; to fight to the last
• 止饑 to prevent hunger
• 饮鸩止渴(飲鴆止渴) drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst
• 阻止 to prevent; to block
• 防止 to prevent; to guard against
• 令行禁止 if he orders you go, he forbids you stop; to demand exact compliance with instructions
• 何止 far more than; not just
• 按止 to stop

Also contained in

汐止市 、 东高止山脉 、 交止

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷五十三 志第二十九 禮七 Volume 53 Treatises 29: Rites 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 54
• 卷三十　　志第十一:　禮三 宗廟 禘袷 朝享、時享儀 Volume 30 Treatises 11: Rites 3 - Ancestral Temples, Dijia, Worshipping, Seasonal Rituals History of Jin 金史 — count: 46
• 卷五十四 志第三十 禮八 Volume 54 Treatises 30: Rites 8 History of Ming 明史 — count: 46
• 卷一百三十 志第八十三 樂五 Volume 130 Treatises 83: Music 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 45
• 卷七十三　志第二十四: 　祭祀二 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Offerings 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 43
• 卷六十一 志第三十七 樂一 Volume 61 Treatises 37: Music 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 43
• 卷七十六　志第二十七上: 祭祀五 Volume 76 Treatises 29: Offerings 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 42
• 卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 40
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 39
• 卷七十一　志第二十二: 　禮樂五 Volume 71 Treatises 24: Rites and Music 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 34

Collocations

• 首止 (首止) 齊侯師於首止 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 7
• 醉止 (醉止) 神具醉止 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧楚茨 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Chhu Ci — count: 6
• 戾止 (戾止) 我客戾止 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧臣工之什‧振鷺 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Chen Gong - Zhen Lu — count: 5
• 尉止 (尉止) 初子駟與尉止有爭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 高止 (高止) 齊高止 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 止公 (止公) 齊人以為討而止公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 劳止 (勞止) 民亦勞止 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 5
• 人止 (人止) 其宰公冉務人止之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 使止 (使止) 故使止子玉曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 率止 (率止) 方叔率止 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧采芑 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Cai Qi — count: 4