tíng​zhù

stop

停住 tíng​zhù
stop verb
to come to a halt or stand still while in motion

He suddenly stopped in his tracks in front of the gate.

cease verb
to stop or come to an end, often referring to a sound, action, or state

Just as everyone was listening in fascination, the melodious sound of the flute suddenly stopped.

Frequency

Written text
3.22 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)