停下来 tíngxiàlai to stop Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 停 tíng verb to stop To stop; to halt; to pause; to cease an activity or motion下来 下來 xiàlai particle [downward/continuing] Used after a verb to show motion down and toward the speaker, or to show that an action is continuing from the past into the present.