止

meaning for 止 zhǐ:

• - to stop
• - to prohibit
• - until
• - onlyto stop
• - to halt
• - to ceaseto prevent
• - to guard against
• - to take precautionsto prohibit
• - to forbid
• - to banto curb
• - to put a stop to
• - to stop
• - to check
• - to limituntil
• - (used in combination with words like 到 in constructs of the form 到 ...到 ...为止 )