berhenti

In a sentence

• Saya berhenti kerja kerana ingin menyambung pelajaran.

  I stopped working because I wanted to continue my studies.

  'Berhenti' here means 'to stop', referring to ceasing an ongoing activity (working).

• Trafik berhenti sepenuhnya semasa lampu merah menyala.

  Traffic comes to a complete stop when the red light is on.

  In this context, 'berhenti' describes vehicles halting their movement in compliance with the signal.

• Jam loceng berbunyi kuat, tetapi saya tetap tidak bangun sehingga bunyi itu berhenti.

  The alarm clock rang loudly, but I didn't wake up until the sound stopped.

  Here, 'berhenti' illustrates the ceasing of a continuous sound produced by the alarm clock.