HSK6: learn ten words at a time

禁止 · jìnzhǐ

prohibit; forbid

here这里zhè lǐ禁止停车jìn zhǐ tíng chē。

zhè lǐ jìn zhǐ tíng chē。

Here, 禁止: prohibit; forbid.

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停止 · tíngzhǐ

stop; bring an action to an end

ring铃声líng shēngecho响xiǎng(completed / change)了le，to ask请qǐngto stop停止tíng zhǐ答题dá tí。

líng shēng xiǎng le， qǐng tíng zhǐ dá tí。

Here, 停止: stop; bring an action to an end.

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防止 · fángzhǐ

prevent; stop something from happening

lid盖gàigood好hǎocover盖子gài zi，can / may可以kě yǐto prevent防止fáng zhǐdust灰尘huī chénto enter进入jìn rù。

gài hǎo gài zi， kě yǐ fáng zhǐ huī chén jìn rù。

Here, 防止: prevent; stop something from happening.

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止 · zhǐ

stop; end (often in compact written expressions)

to sign up报名bào míngto / arrive到dàoFriday周五zhōu wǔuntil为止wéi zhǐ。

bào míng dào zhōu wǔ wéi zhǐ。

Here, 止: stop; end (often in compact written expressions).

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阻止 · zǔzhǐ

prevent; stop someone or something from doing something

heavy rain大雨dà yǔto prevent阻止zǔ zhǐ(completed / change)了lewe / us我们wǒ men继续前进jì xù qián jìn。

dà yǔ zǔ zhǐ le wǒ men jì xù qián jìn。

Here, 阻止: prevent; stop someone or something from doing something.

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不止 · bùzhǐ

more than; not limited to

这次zhè cìto exercise活动huó dòngincessantly不止bù zhǐto have / there is有yǒustudent学生xué shēngto participate参加cān jiā，furthermore还有hái yǒuteacher老师lǎo shī。

zhè cì huó dòng bù zhǐ yǒu xué shēng cān jiā， hái yǒu lǎo shī。

Here, 不止: more than; not limited to.

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截止 · jiézhǐ

to stop at a deadline; to close

截止 describes stopping or closing, as in 报名明天截止 (registration closes tomorrow). 截至 introduces a reporting cut-off, as in 截至昨天 (as of yesterday). Notice zhǐ versus zhì.

to sign up报名bào míngtomorrow明天míng tiānto close截止jié zhǐ。

bào míng míng tiān jié zhǐ。

Here, 截止: to stop at a deadline; to close.

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为止 · wéizhǐ

up to a stated point; marking where something stops

到……为止 marks an end point, as in 到目前为止 (up to now) or 到月底为止 (up to the end of the month). 为 is second-tone wéi here.

to / arrive到dào目前为止mù qián wéi zhǐ，已有yǐ yǒu十人shí rénto sign up报名bào míng。

dào mù qián wéi zhǐ， yǐ yǒu shí rén bào míng。

Here, 为止: up to a stated point; marking where something stops.

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