# 制止 (zhìzhǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 制止 (zhìzhǐ) means “to stop; to curb”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to stop; to curb
- Pinyin: zhìzhǐ (zhi4 zhi3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 老师立刻出面制止了两个学生的争吵。
  Lǎoshī lìkè chūmiàn zhìzhǐle liǎng gè xuéshēng de zhēngchǎo.
  The teacher stepped in immediately to stop the argument between the two students.

## Characters

- [制](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-make/) (zhì): to make; to control
- [止](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-stop/) (zhǐ): to stop; until

https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-zhi-stop/

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