阻止

阻止

Chinese

		to hinder; to block; to obstruct	to stop; prohibit; till
simp. and trad. (阻止)		阻	止

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú-chṳ́
• Min Nan (POJ): chó͘-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǔzhǐ [Phonetic: zúzhǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄓˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuujyy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔjhǐh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo² zi²
    • Yale: jó jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu` zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-chí
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofcie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁴¹/

Verb

阻止

1. to stop; to prevent; to convince not to

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 阻止

不准 (bùzhǔn) 不許／不许 (bùxǔ) 制止 (zhìzhǐ) 取締／取缔 (qǔdì) 唔准 (Cantonese) 抑止 (yìzhǐ)

毋准 (Min Nan) 禁制 (jìnzhì) 禁止 (jìnzhǐ) 禁絕／禁绝 (jìnjué) 遏制 (èzhì) 遏止 (èzhǐ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
阻	止
そ Grade: S	し Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 沮止

Etymology

From Sinitic 阻止.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): /so.si/, [so̞ɕi]

Noun

阻止 (hiragana そし, rōmaji soshi)

1. prevention, blocking, impedance or impediment

Verb

阻止する (transitive, suru conjugation, hiragana そしする, rōmaji soshi suru)

1. to prevent, to block, to impede, to hinder something

   法案 (ほうあん)を阻 (そ)止 (し)する

   hōan o soshi suru

   to block a bill

   水 (みず)の不足 (ふそく)が都市 (とし)の成長 (せいちょう)を阻 (そ)止 (し)する

   mizu no fusoku ga toshi no seichō o soshi suru

   the lack of water is impeding the growth of the city

   進展 (しんてん)を阻 (そ)止 (し)する

   shinten o soshi suru

   to hinder progress

   戦争 (せんそう)の勃発 (ぼっぱつ)を阻 (そ)止 (し)する

   sensō no boppatsu o soshi suru

   to prevent the outbreak of war

Conjugation

Conjugation of "阻止する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	阻止し	そしし	soshi shi
Continuative (連用形)	阻止し	そしし	soshi shi
Terminal (終止形)	阻止する	そしする	soshi suru
Attributive (連体形)	阻止する	そしする	soshi suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	阻止すれ	そしすれ	soshi sure
Imperative (命令形)	阻止せよ¹ 阻止しろ²	そしせよ¹ そししろ²	soshi seyo¹ soshi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	阻止される	そしされる	soshi sareru
Causative	阻止させる 阻止さす	そしさせる そしさす	soshi saseru soshi sasu
Potential	阻止できる	そしできる	soshi dekiru
Volitional	阻止しよう	そししよう	soshi shiyō
Negative	阻止しない	そししない	soshi shinai
Negative continuative	阻止せず	そしせず	soshi sezu
Formal	阻止します	そしします	soshi shimasu
Perfective	阻止した	そしした	soshi shita
Conjunctive	阻止して	そしして	soshi shite
Hypothetical conditional	阻止すれば	そしすれば	soshi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative