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中止

中止

Chinese

 
middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
to stop; prohibit; till
simp. and trad.
(中止)

Verb

中止

  1. to break off; to terminate; to discontinue

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

中止 (hiragana ちゅうし, romaji chūshi)

  1. stoppage, termination, discontinuation
  2. interruption, suspension, pause
  3. cancellation

Synonyms

Antonyms

Verb

中止する (hiragana ちゅうしする, romaji chūshi suru)

  1. stop, terminate, discontinue
    資金難で事業を中止する
    terminate a project due to the financial shortage
  2. interrupt, suspend, pause
    捜索を中止する
    interrupt a search
  3. call off, cancel
    雨で試合を中止する
    cancel a game due to rain

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

中止 (jungji) (hangeul 중지)

  1. Hanja form? of 중지, “a stop”.