停[tíng]

动

1. stop; cease; halt; pause

♦ 雨~了。 The rain has stopped.

♦ 演奏完序曲之后, 乐队~下来又调了调音。 After the overture, the orchestra stopped to tune up again.

♦ 蟋蟀叫个不~。 The crickets were chirruping ceaselessly.

2. stop over; stay

♦ 我在杭州~了五天。 I stopped over at Hangzhou for five days.

♦ 火车在这些小站都只~一分钟。 The train stops only for one minute at these small stations.

3. (of cars) be parked; (of ships) lie at anchor; (of a dead body or coffin) be placed

♦ 门口~着一辆奔驰牌轿车。 Parked in front of the gate was a Benz sedan.

♦ 汽车~在哪儿？Where can we park the car?

形ready; settled

♦ 停妥

量口 part (of a total); portion

♦ 十~儿有九~儿是好的。 Nine out of ten are good.