# 暂停 (zàntíng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 暂停 (zàntíng) means “to pause; to suspend; time-out”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to pause; to suspend; time-out
- Pinyin: zàntíng (zan4 ting2)
- Traditional: 暫停
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 比赛因为下大雨而暂停了。
  Bǐsài yīnwèi xià dàyǔ ér zàntíng le.
  The game was suspended because of heavy rain.

## Characters

- [暂](https://hanziro.com/word/zan-temporarily/) (zàn): temporarily; for the moment
- [停](https://hanziro.com/word/ting-stop/) (tíng): to stop; to park

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

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