No. 4,501 in Chinese
暂停
"Pause" or "suspend."
In a sentence
会议因为技术问题暂时暂停了。
The meeting temporarily paused due to technical issues.
In this sentence, '暂停' means 'to pause' or 'halt', used to describe the temporary cessation of the meeting's proceedings due to unforeseen circumstances.
请点击遥控器上的暂停按钮。
Please press the pause button on the remote control.
Here, '暂停' refers explicitly to a 'pause' button, indicating the action of halting a playback device's operation momentarily.
由于天气恶劣，活动被迫暂停。
Due to inclement weather, the event was forced to pause.
In this context, '暂停' conveys the idea of the event being temporarily stopped or postponed due to external conditions.
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