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停机 (tíng jī) — to park an aircraft; to shut down (a machine, printing press, computer); to finish shooting (a film or TV episode)

Definition

Verb meaning literally 'stop the machine' — covers parking an aircraft, shutting down a computer/printing press, and (in film) wrapping a day's shooting. The computer/film senses are the common ones learners will meet.

verb
to park an aircraftto shut down (a machine, printing press, computer)to finish shooting (a film or TV episode)

Examples

  • 停机。
    Zhè jià fēi jī zài jī chǎng tíng jī le sān gè xiǎo shí.
    This airplane was parked at the airport for three hours.
  • ，停机。
    Diàn nǎo sǐ jī le, bù dé bù qiáng xíng tíng jī.
    The computer froze; we had to force it to shut down.
  • ，。
    Jù zǔ zuó tiān tíng le yí cì jī, jīn tiān jì xù pāi.
    The crew stopped filming once yesterday, and they'll continue today.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

停tíngstop
机jīmachine

停 means to stop, and 机 means machine; the sense is stopping a machine.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
亭
亭tíng停tíng
Same sound today

The left side 亻 is a person, and the right side 亭 gives the sound tíng; this forms 停.

Open 停 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →
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