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停

Mandarin · pinyin tíng

to stop
to halt
to park (a car)

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停: tíng · stop, suspend, delay; suitable

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2 · ting2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ting4

Cantonese word readings for 停. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to stop; to halt
to stay; to remain
to place (an object somewhere); to park (a vehicle); to anchor (a ship)
(literary, or in compounds) reliable; safe; secure; proper
(colloquial) Classifier for portions (parts of a total).
a surname, Ting

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