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为止

wéizhǐ
verbHSK 5

“Until” in Chinese is 为止 (wéizhǐ).

Meaning

  • until
  • (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止)

Example

在这儿等到他回来为止。

Wait here till he comes back.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

wèiHSK 24 strokesas (in the capacity of)zhǐHSK 34 strokesto stop

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Not to be confused with: 位置 (wèizhì, position)