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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

停顿 [tíngdùn]
  1. 1. verb [中止] halt
  2. 2. verb [指说话] pause
  3. 3. noun pause

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

停顿 [tíngdùn]
  1. 1. stop; halt; pause; be at a standstill
    交通陷于停顿
    The traffic was at a standstill.
    水库工程停顿了好些年。
    The reservoir project has been suspended for quite a few years.
  2. 2. pause (in speaking)
    念到这里要停顿一下。
    When you've read up to here, you pause.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

停顿 [tíngdùn]
  1. 1. 停留
    部队稍作停顿再继续前进。
  2. 2. 中止;中断
    生产不能停顿
  3. 3. 语流中的间歇
    讲话要注意停顿

Examples

水库工程停顿了好些年。
The reservoir project has been suspended for quite a few years.
唱到了休止符的时候,她停顿了一下。
When the song came to a rest, she paused for a while.
生产不能停顿
He paused before the door.
他在门前停顿了一下。
She said there was a pregnant pause before the committee moved on to other matters.
她说在一个意味深长的停顿之后,委员们才继续处理其他问题。

Collocations

工作停顿
to halt work for a while
完全停顿
a complete halt
中途停顿
to stop on the way to somewhere
停顿下来
a pause
停顿状态
paused
陷入停顿
to fall into a standstill

Word Decomposition


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