Verbrestrain; check; repress

Animated Stroke Order

Stroke order SVGs for the characters in 制止.
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Character Breakdown

制止 consists of 2 characters.

How to Use 制止 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 制止 with other words naturally.
Verb + Complementwith不了
zhì
zhǐ
liǎo
neutral
cannot stop
Adverb + Verbwith及时
shí
zhì
zhǐ
neutral
stop in time
Verb + Object
zhì
zhǐ
zhàn
zhēng
formal
stop war
zhì
zhǐ
bào
formal
stop violence
Adjective + Verbwith有效
yǒu
xiào
zhì
zhǐ
formalWritten
effectively stop

Example Sentences with 制止

zhì
zhǐ
hái
zi
wán
huǒ
The mother stops the child from playing with fire.
men
jiān
jué
zhì
zhǐ
zhè
zhǒng
qīn
fàn
zhī
shi
chǎn
quán
de
xíng
wéi
We must resolutely restrain this kind of intellectual property infringement.
wèi
shén
me
méi
yǒu
shí
zhì
zhǐ
biǎo
xiē
dāng
yán
lùn
Why didn't you stop him from making those inappropriate remarks in time?
lǎo
shī
shí
zhì
zhǐ
le
xué
shēng
men
de
zhēng
chǎo
The teacher promptly stopped the students' argument.
jǐn
guǎn
qíng
kuàng
jǐn
dàn
bǎo
ān
bìng
wèi
néng
yǒu
xiào
zhì
zhǐ
rén
qún
de
sāo
dòng
Despite the urgent situation, the security guards failed to effectively repress the crowd's disturbance.
kàn
dào
yǒu
rén
chā
duì
shàng
qián
zhì
zhǐ
bìng
nài
xīn
jiě
shì
le
guī
Seeing someone cut in line, he immediately stepped forward to stop them and patiently explained the rules.
jǐng
chá
xùn
zhì
zhǐ
le
zhè
chǎng
hùn
luàn
fáng
zhǐ
liǎo
shì
tài
jìn
è
huà
The police quickly stopped the chaos, preventing the situation from worsening further.
zhèng
chū
tái
xīn
guī
zhì
zhǐ
guò
kāi
bìng
tóng
shí
chí
de
dài
fāng
àn
The government introduced new regulations to check excessive development while simultaneously encouraging sustainable alternatives.