Make a Movie 停

KEYWORD:

To Stop

Pinyin:

tíng

Actor:

ti-  Female

Set:

-(e)ng

Room within Set:

Hallway/Lobby or Kitchen

Prop(s):

亻 Chuck Norris

亭 Pavilion

Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Robert Carver

Tyra Banks (ti-) is in the kitchen at the Lake O apt (-eng), standing in a Pavilion (亭) in a wedding dress as wedding music plays. She looks uncomfortable as the groom, Jean Claude Van Damme (亻) , slowly walks down the aisle toward her. Just as JCVD gets to the first step, she yells out 停!, STOPPING him in his tracks. Crying, Tyra rips off her veil, and runs away from the pavilion, thus STOPPING the wedding.

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Mateusz Strzelecki

What would be the difference between 停 [tíng] and 止 [zhǐ]?

Mandarin Blueprint

Hey Mateusz. 停 can be used alone to mean "stop!" For example, I was once on a Chinese TV show (I know, crazy right?) and instead of saying "cut" the director would just yell ”停！“ 止 is often used in more written contexts or as a morpheme in longer words, (e.g., 止步 zhǐbù - halt, stop, go no further). You don't say "止" by itself.

MB Team

Here's the link to where Phil & Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-W2Q6u0F2Y&t=2025s

 

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