停顿

tíngdùn

to halt; to break off; pause (in speech)

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 停頓

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See it in sentences

他说话时停顿了一下。

He paused while speaking.

工作不能有片刻停顿。

The work cannot pause even for a moment.