暂停

zàn tíng · zan ting

Traditional 暫停

Meaning

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  1. to suspend
  2. time-out (e.g. in sports)
  3. stoppage
  4. pause (media player)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

比(bǐ)赛(sài)因(yīn)为(wèi)大(dà)雨(yǔ)暂(zàn)停(tíng)了(le)半(bàn)小(xiǎo)时(shí)。

The match was suspended for half an hour because of heavy rain.

02

他(tā)按(àn)下(xià)暂(zàn)停(tíng)键(jiàn),去(qù)接(jiē)了(le)个(ge)电(diàn)话(huà)。

He pressed pause and went to answer a phone call.

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