# 停

| 停 | U+505C, &#20572; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-505C |
| ← 偛 [U+505B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 偝 → [U+505D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

停 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人卜口弓 (OYRN), four-corner 2022$_1$, composition ⿰亻亭 or ⿰亻𠅘)

#### Derived characters

* 𠼵

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 110, character 32
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 864
* Dae Jaweon: page 236, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 194, character 7
* Unihan data for U+505C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 停 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| Small seal scripts05922Transcribed ancient scriptsL11416L11417 ||
| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). ||
| | Old Chinese |
| 圢 | *tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋʔ |
| 町 | *tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ, *deːŋʔ |
| 打 | *rteŋʔ, *teːŋʔ |
| 盯 | *rteŋʔ, *rdeŋ |
| 朾 | *rteːŋ, *rdeːŋ |
| 丁 | *rteːŋ, *teːŋ |
| 玎 | *rteːŋ, *teːŋ |
| 虰 | *rdeːŋ, *tʰeŋ, *teːŋ |
| 揨 | *rdeːŋ |
| 釘 | *teːŋ, *teːŋs |
| 靪 | *teːŋ, *teːŋʔ |
| 仃 | *teːŋ |
| 叮 | *teːŋ |
| 疔 | *teːŋ |
| 頂 | *teːŋʔ |
| 奵 | *teːŋʔ |
| 耵 | *teːŋʔ |
| 酊 | *teːŋʔ |
| 葶 | *teːŋʔ, *deːŋ |
| 矴 | *teːŋs |
| 訂 | *teːŋs, *tʰeːŋ, *deːŋʔ |
| 飣 | *teːŋs |
| 汀 | *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋs |
| 艼 | *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ |
| 庁 | *tʰeːŋ |
| 婷 | *deːŋ |
| 停 | *deːŋ |
| 聤 | *deːŋ |
| 渟 | *deːŋ |
| 楟 | *deːŋ |
| 亭 | *deːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *deːŋ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 亭 (OC *deːŋ).

### Etymology

From 亭 (tíng) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tíng (ting$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тин (tin, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ting$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hen$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tin$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thìn / thîn
    (Hailu, HRS): tin / tin$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tin$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ti$^1$ / ting$^1$ / ting$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): děng / déng
* Eastern Min (BUC): dìng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deng$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thêng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): têng$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$din
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): din$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tíng
*** Wade–Giles: tʻing$^2$
*** Yale: tíng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyng
*** Palladius: тин (tin)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tíngr
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tíngr
*** Wade–Giles: tʻing$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: tíngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyengl
*** Palladius: тинр (tinr)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiɤ̯̃ɻ³⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тин (tin, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ting$^4$
*** Yale: tìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ting$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ting$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɪŋ²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hen$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hen²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰin²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thìn / thîn
*** Hakka Romanization System: tin$^ˇ$ / tin$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tin$^2$ / tin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰin¹¹/, /tʰin²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tin / tin$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵/, /tʰin⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰin¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ti$^1$ / ting$^1$ / ting$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰi¹¹/, /tʰiŋ¹¹/, /tʰiŋ⁴⁵/
* ti1 - vernacular;
* ting1 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: deng
Rime :
| Character | 停 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 特丁切 |
| Baxter | deng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /deŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /deŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɛŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dɛjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /deŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /dieŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱieŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tíng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ting$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.[d]ˤeŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*deːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 停 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tíng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ deng › |
| Old Chinese | /*Cə.[d]ˁeŋ/ (~ *C.[d]ˁeŋ) |
| English | to stop |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 停 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2407 |
| Phonetic component | 丁 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 庭 |
| Old Chinese | /*deːŋ/ |

### Definitions

停
* to stop; to halt
    停！ ― Tíng! ― Stop!
* to stay; to remain
* to place (an object somewhere); to park (a vehicle); to anchor (a ship)
* (literary, or in compounds) reliable; safe; secure; proper
* (colloquial) Classifier for portions (parts of a total).
* a surname, Ting

#### Synonyms

* (to stop):
* 中斷 / 中断 (zhōngduàn)
* 中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
* 休止 (xiūzhǐ)
* 停歇 (tíngxiē)
* 停止 (tíngzhǐ)
* 夭閼 / 夭阏 (yǎo'è)
* 干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
* 放煞 (Min Nan)
* 斷站 / 断站 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 斷節 / 断节 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 暫停 / 暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
* 歇 (xiē)
* 止 (zhǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
* 止息 (zhǐxī)
* 止煞 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 瀦 / 潴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 煞 (Hokkien)
* 煞手 (Hokkien)
* 甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
* 終止 / 终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
* 絕 / 绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
* 罷 / 罢
* 罷休 / 罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
* 罷手 / 罢手 (bàshǒu)
* 間斷 / 间断
* 須 / 须 (xū) (literary)
* 頓 / 顿
* (to stay):
* 停留 (tíngliú)
* 勾留 (gōuliú)
* 盤桓 / 盘桓 (pánhuán)
* 蹲 (figurative)
* 逗 (dòu)
* 逗留 (dòuliú)
* 逋留 (būliú) (literary)
* 駐 / 驻 (zhù) (literary, or in compounds)
* 駐留 / 驻留 (zhùliú)
* (to place): 停放 (tíngfàng)
* (reliable):
* 信實 / 信实 (xìnshí)
* 保險 / 保险 (bǎoxiǎn)
* 可恃 (kěshì) (literary)
* 可靠 (kěkào)
* 把牢 (bǎláo) (regional, chiefly in the negative)
* 把穩 / 把稳 (bǎwěn) (regional)
* 牢 (láo)
* 牢牢 (láoláo)
* 牢靠 (láokào)
* 穩妥 / 稳妥 (wěntuǒ)
* 穩當 / 稳当
* 穩陣 / 稳阵 (wan2 zan6) (Cantonese)

### Compounds

* 一停兒 / 一停儿
* 下停
* 三停 (sāntíng)
* 三停刀
* 不停 (bùtíng)
* 不停住
* 不停當 / 不停当
* 久停久住
* 二停
* 五停心觀 / 五停心观
* 停一停
* 停住 (tíngzhù)
* 停俸
* 停停
* 停停當當 / 停停当当
* 停停脫脫 / 停停脱脱
* 停分
* 停刊 (tíngkān)
* 停勻 / 停匀
* 停喪 / 停丧
* 停妥
* 停妻再娶
* 停學 / 停学 (tíngxué)
* 停屍 / 停尸
* 停屍房 / 停尸房 (tíngshīfáng)
* 停屍間 / 停尸间 (tíngshījiān)
* 停工 (tínggōng)
* 停床
* 停役
* 停待
* 停徵 / 停征
* 停息 (tíngxī)
* 停戰 / 停战 (tíngzhàn)
* 停戰協定 / 停战协定
* 停擺 / 停摆 (tíngbǎi)
* 停放 (tíngfàng)
* 停杯
* 停柩
* 停格
* 停業 / 停业 (tíngyè)
* 停機坪 / 停机坪 (tíngjīpíng)
* 停歇 (tíngxiē)
* 停止 (tíngzhǐ)
* 停步 (tíngbù)
* 停水 (tíngshuǐ)
* 停泊 (tíngbó)
* 停滯 / 停滞 (tíngzhì)
* 停滯不前 / 停滞不前 (tíngzhìbùqián)
* 停潦
* 停火 (tínghuǒ)
* 停版
* 停產 / 停产 (tíngchǎn)
* 停用 (tíngyòng)
* 停留 (tíngliú)
* 停留長智 / 停留长智
* 停當 / 停当 (tíngdàng)
* 停眠整宿
* 停睇
* 停筆 / 停笔
* 停經 / 停经 (tíngjīng)
* 停罷 / 停罢
* 停職 / 停职 (tíngzhí)
* 停航 (tíngháng)
* 停表
* 停訊 / 停讯
* 停話 / 停话
* 停課 / 停课 (tíngkè)
* 停車 / 停车 (tíngchē)
* 停車位 / 停车位 (tíngchēwèi)
* 停車場 / 停车场 (tíngchēchǎng)
* 停車費 / 停车费 (tíngchēfèi)
* 停辛佇苦
* 停辦 / 停办 (tíngbàn)
* 停閉 / 停闭
* 停閑 / 停闲
* 停雲 / 停云
* 停雲慢步 / 停云慢步
* 停雲落月 / 停云落月
* 停電 / 停电 (tíngdiàn)
* 停靈 / 停灵 (tínglíng)
* 停靠 (tíngkào)
* 停頓 / 停顿 (tíngdùn)
* 停頭 / 停头
* 停食
* 停駛 / 停驶
* 停駐 / 停驻
* 停驂 / 停骖
* 勒停
* 勻停 / 匀停
* 叫停 (jiàotíng)
* 四停八當 / 四停八当
* 少停
* 居中調停 / 居中调停 (jūzhōngtiáotíng)
* 居停
* 居停主人
* 幹的停當 / 干的停当
* 悠停
* 手不停揮 / 手不停挥
* 放停
* 晝夜停勻 / 昼夜停匀
* 暫停 / 暂停 (zàntíng)
* 槃停
* 消停
* 漲停 / 涨停 (zhǎngtíng)
* 漲停板 / 涨停板
* 片刻不停
* 留職停薪 / 留职停薪
* 窩停主人 / 窝停主人
* 胸部停球
* 調停 / 调停 (tiáotíng)
* 調停人 / 调停人
* 跌停板
* 門不停賓 / 门不停宾
* 馬不停蹄 / 马不停蹄 (mǎbùtíngtí)
* 鸞停鵠峙 / 鸾停鹄峙
* 鸞鵠停峙 / 鸾鹄停峙

### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: đừng (“do not”)

### Further reading

* “停”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* “停”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* to stop

#### Readings

* Go-on: じょう (jō)
* Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
* Kan’yō-on: ちょう (chō)
* Kun: とめる (tomeru, 停める)、とまる (tomaru, 停まる)、とどまる (todomaru, 停まる)

#### Compounds

* 各(かく)停(てい) (kakutei)
* 停(てい)車(しゃ) (teisha)
* バス停(てい) (basutei): bus stop

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [정]

### Hanja

Wikisource 停 (eumhun 머무를 정 (meomureul jeong))
* hanja form of 정 (“to stop”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

停: Hán Nôm readings: đình, dành, đành, đừng, dừng, rành
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.