# 停顿 (tíngdùn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 停顿 (tíngdùn) means “to pause; to halt”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to pause; to halt
- Pinyin: tíngdùn (ting2 dun4)
- Traditional: 停頓
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他在演讲时稍微停顿了一下。
  Tā zài yǎnjiǎng shí shāowēi tíngdùnle yīxià.
  He paused briefly while giving his speech.

## Characters

- [停](https://hanziro.com/word/ting-stop/) (tíng): to stop; to park
- [顿](https://hanziro.com/word/dun-stop/) (dùn): to stop; to pause

https://hanziro.com/word/ting-dun-pause/

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