# 终止 (zhōngzhǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 终止 (zhōngzhǐ) means “to terminate; to stop”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to terminate; to stop
- Pinyin: zhōngzhǐ (zhong1 zhi3)
- Traditional: 終止
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 双方决定提前终止这份合同。
  Shuāngfāng juédìng tíqián zhōngzhǐ zhè fèn hétong.
  The two companies decided to terminate the contract early.

## Characters

- 终 (zhōng): end; finish
- [止](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-stop/) (zhǐ): to stop; until

https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-zhi-terminate/

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