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暂停

zàn tíng

suspend; pause

Usage note

暂停表示先停下来一会儿。

zàn tíng biǎo shì xiān tíng xià lái yí huì er。

暂停 means to stop for a while.

Context note

暂停常用于活动、播放和比赛。

zàn tíng cháng yòng yú huó dòng 、 bō fàng hé bǐ sài。

Pause is often used with activities, playback, and games.

5 examples

暂停一下。
qǐng zàn tíng yí xià。
Please pause for a moment.
比赛暂停了。
bǐ sài zàn tíng le。
The game was paused.
视频暂停
shì pín zàn tíng。
The video is paused.
我们先暂停讨论。
wǒ men xiān zàn tíng tǎo lùn。
Let us pause the discussion first.
他按下了暂停键。
tā àn xià le zàn tíng jiàn。
He pressed the pause button.

5 mini stories

老师让大家暂停写字。
lǎo shī ràng dà jiā zàn tíng xiě zì。
The teacher asked everyone to stop writing for a moment.
电视节目暂停了。
diàn shì jié mù zàn tíng le。
The TV program paused.
暂停了一会儿再继续。
tā zàn tíng le yí huì er zài jì xù。
He paused for a while and then continued.
我们先暂停工作,休息一下。
wǒ men xiān zàn tíng gōng zuò, xiū xi yí xià。
We pause work first and take a rest.
音乐暂停后,房间里很安静。
yīn yuè zàn tíng hòu, fáng jiān lǐ hěn ān jìng。
After the music paused, the room was quiet.

Mini dialogue

暂停游戏

A
我们可以暂停游戏吗?
Wǒmen kěyǐ zàntíng yóuxì ma?
Can we pause the game?
B
当然可以,先暂停一下。
Dāngrán kěyǐ, xiān zàntíng yīxià.
Of course, let's pause for a moment.

暂停学习

A
我累了,想暂停学习。
Wǒ lèi le, xiǎng zàntíng xuéxí.
I'm tired and want to suspend studying.
B
好的,我们暂停十分钟。
Hǎo de, wǒmen zàntíng shí fēnzhōng.
Okay, let's pause for ten minutes.

Related words and contrasts

similar
停止
tíng zhǐ
to stop; to cease

暂停 means to pause temporarily, while 停止 means to stop completely.

opposite
继续
jì xù
to continue

暂停 means to pause, and 继续 means to resume or continue after pausing.

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