停

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to stop; to halt; to park (a car)

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 meaning “person” + 亭 sound ( tíng )

Components 亻亭

halt · Heisig RSH #818

人 person + 亭 pavilion

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
停车计时器	tíng chē jì shí qì	parking meter
停机时间	tíng jī shí jiān	downtime (computer network, power plant etc)
停下来	tíng xià lái	to stop
停火线	tíng huǒ xiàn	cease-fire line
停车场	tíng chē chǎng	parking lot; car park
停车格	tíng chē gé	parking bay
停战日	Tíng zhàn rì	Armistice Day
停车位	tíng chē wèi	parking space; parking spot
调停者	tiáo tíng zhě	mediator; intermediary; go-between
不停	bù tíng	incessant
停水	tíng shuǐ	to cut off the water supply; water outage
停机	tíng jī	(of a machine) to stop; to shut down; to park a plane; to finish shooting (a TV program et…
停手	tíng shǒu	to stop (what one is doing)
停电	tíng diàn	to have a power failure; power cut
停下	tíng xià	to stop
停车	tíng chē	to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall
停工	tíng gōng	to stop work; to shut down; to stop production
伤停补时	shāng tíng bǔ shí	(sports) injury time
停火	tíng huǒ	to cease fire; ceasefire
停经	tíng jīng	to stop menstruating (as a result of pregnancy, menopause or medical condition etc)

Characters sharing the sound component 亭 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
亭 sound part	tíng	pavilion; erect
婷	tíng	attractive, graceful, pretty
葶	tíng	yellow whitlow-grass; Draba nemerosa