工作 gōng zuò to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] syn 住 zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) syn 手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] syn 已 yǐ already / to stop / then / afterwards syn 少 shǎo few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom syn 收 shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn 停止 tíng zhǐ to stop / to halt / to cease syn 停下 tíng xià to stop syn 上班 shàng bān to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office syn 住手 zhù shǒu to desist / to stop / to stay one's hand syn 停车 停車 tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall 下班 xià bān to finish work / to get off work / next service (train, bus, etc) syn 车站 車站 chē zhàn rail station / bus stop / CL:處|处[chu4],個|个[ge4] syn 刹车 剎車 shā chē to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake syn 终止 終止 zhōng zhǐ to stop / to terminate syn 拦住 攔住 lán zhù to stop / to bar the way syn 打住 dǎ zhù to stop / to halt syn 制止 zhì zhǐ to curb / to put a stop to / to stop / to check / to limit syn 停留 tíng liú to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over syn 阻挡 阻擋 zǔ dǎng to stop / to resist / to obstruct syn 住口 zhù kǒu shut up / shut your mouth / stop talking syn 中止 zhōng zhǐ to cease / to suspend / to break off / to stop / to discontinue syn 耽搁 耽擱 dān ge to tarry / to delay / to stop over syn 熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn 抵挡 抵擋 dǐ dǎng to resist / to hold back / to stop / to ward off / to withstand syn 单干 單幹 dān gàn to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming syn 收工 shōu gōng to stop work for the day (generally of laborers) / to knock off syn 齐心协力 齊心協力 qí xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn 停战 停戰 tíng zhàn to cease fire / to stop fighting / armistice / truce syn 句号 句號 jù hào full stop / period (punct.) syn 站点 站點 zhàn diǎn a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological station etc) / (Internet) site (website, FTP site etc) 评分 評分 píng fēn to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work) 阻拦 阻攔 zǔ lán to stop / to obstruct syn 停机 停機 tíng jī (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit 停靠 tíng kào to call at / to stop at / berth syn 休止 xiū zhǐ to stop syn 止步 zhǐ bù to halt / to stop / to go no farther syn 适可而止 適可而止 shì kě ér zhǐ (idiom) to refrain from going too far / to know when to stop syn 汽车站 汽車站 qì chē zhàn bus stop / bus station 终点站 終點站 zhōng diǎn zhàn terminus / final stop on rail or bus line 落脚 落腳 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers syn 咔嚓 kā chā (onom.) breaking or snapping / (coll.) cut it out / stop it / also written 喀嚓[ka1 cha1] syn 同心协力 同心協力 tóng xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn 自暴自弃 自暴自棄 zì bào zì qì to abandon oneself to despair / to give up and stop bothering syn 出勤 chū qín to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business syn 间歇 間歇 jiàn xiē to stop in the middle of sth / intermittent / intermittence syn 做工 zuò gōng to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship syn 止痛 zhǐ tòng to relieve pain / to stop pain / analgesic 停息 tíng xī to stop / to cease syn 搁浅 擱淺 gē qiǎn to be stranded (of ship) / to run aground / fig. to run into difficulties and stop syn 断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply syn 定格 dìng gé to fix / to confine to / freeze frame / stop motion (filmmaking) 阻击 阻擊 zǔ jī to check / to stop syn 进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.) 驻足 駐足 zhù zú to stop (walking) / to halt syn 昼夜 晝夜 zhòu yè day and night / period of 24 hours / continuously, without stop syn 阻截 zǔ jié to stop / to obstruct / to bar the way syn 断断续续 斷斷續續 duàn duàn xù xù intermittent / off and on / discontinuous / stop-go / stammering / disjointed / inarticulate syn 停歇 tíng xiē to stop for a rest syn 权宜之计 權宜之計 quán yí zhī jì plan of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift stratagem / interim step 耕耘 gēng yún plowing and weeding / farm work / fig. to work or study diligently syn 停步 tíng bù to come to a stand / to stop syn 停课 停課 tíng kè to stop classes / to close (of school) 立定 lì dìng to stop / to halt / halt! / to hold resolutely (of a view, an aspiration etc) syn 埋头苦干 埋頭苦幹 mái tóu kǔ gàn to bury oneself in work (idiom) / to be engrossed in work / to make an all-out effort / up to the neck in work syn 封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 闭塞 閉塞 bì sè to stop up / to close up / hard to get to / out of the way / inaccessible / unenlightened / blocking syn 上工 shàng gōng to go to work / to start work syn 骑虎难下 騎虎難下 qí hǔ nán xià if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom) / fig. impossible to stop halfway syn 歇脚 歇腳 xiē jiǎo to stop on the way for a rest 拒付 jù fù to refuse to accept a payment / to refuse to pay / to stop (a check or payment) 煞笔 煞筆 shā bǐ to stop one's pen / to break off writing / final remarks (at the end of a book or article) syn 停刊 tíng kān (of a newspaper, magazine etc) to stop publishing 停产 停產 tíng chǎn to stop production 工种 工種 gōng zhǒng kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc) 遏止 è zhǐ to hold back / to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance) / to resist / esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc syn 返工 fǎn gōng to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work 苦功 kǔ gōng hard work / laborious effort / painstaking work 勤工俭学 勤工儉學 qín gōng jiǎn xué to work part-time while studying / work-study program syn 不绝于耳 不絕於耳 bù jué yú ěr (of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on syn 左邻右舍 左鄰右舍 zuǒ lín yòu shè neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work syn 浅尝辄止 淺嚐輒止 qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom) / fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop syn 站牌 zhàn pái bus stop sign / train station sign syn 半工半读 半工半讀 bàn gōng bàn dú part work, part study / work-study program syn 误工 誤工 wù gōng to be late for or absent from work / to disrupt one's work / to cause a holdup in the work / loss of working time / a holdup syn 直飞 直飛 zhí fēi to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...) 刹住 剎住 shā zhù to stop / to come to a halt 凝滞 凝滯 níng zhì to stagnate / to congeal / (fig.) to stop still / to freeze syn 煞住 shā zhù to brake / to stop / to forbid syn 停下来 停下來 tíng xià lái to stop 停住 tíng zhù to stop / to halt / to cease 工分 gōng fēn work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era) syn 停用 tíng yòng to stop using / to suspend / to discontinue / to disable 一条龙服务 一條龍服務 yī tiáo lóng fú wù one-stop service 当机 當機 dàng jī to crash (of a computer) / to stop working / (loanword from English "down") 政工 zhèng gōng political work / ideological work syn 闯红灯 闖紅燈 chuǎng hóng dēng to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating 堵死 dǔ sǐ to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up 停靠站 tíng kào zhàn bus or tram stop / intermediate stop (on route of ship, plane etc) / port of call / stopover 