为止 – vocab dash

为止wéizhǐ

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Meanings

1. until

2. (used in combination with words like 到 (dào) or 至 (zhì) in constructs of the form 到...到...为止)

Characters used

为because of 止to stop

Examples8

到dào现在xiànzài为止wéizhǐ我们wǒmen讨论tǎolùn什么shénme来lái着zhe？

Remind me again what we've been discussing up to now?

在zài这儿zhèr等到děngdào他tā回来huílai为止wéizhǐ。

Wait here till he comes back.

他tā游yóu到dào不能bùnéng游yóu为止wéizhǐ。

He swam until he could swim no more.

有效期yǒuxiàoqī到dào1997年nián3月yuè31日rì为止wéizhǐ。

It's valid until March thirty-first, nineteen-ninety-seven.

她tā一个yīge接着jiēzhe一个yīge不停bùtíng地de吃chī糖果tángguǒ，直到zhídào吃饱chībǎo了le为止wéizhǐ。

She ate candies one after another until she was completely full.

未来wèilái的de人类rénlèi：“古代gǔdài文明wénmíng人rén所suǒ创造chuàngzào的de这zhè台táiUnix机器jīqì、它tā的de历法lìfǎ只zhǐ到dào2038年nián1月yuè19日rì这zhè一yī天tiān就jiù为止wéizhǐ了le，因此yīncǐ我wǒ确信quèxìn那nà一yī天tiān必将bìjiāng是shì地球dìqiú灭亡mièwáng之zhī日rì。”

Person of the future: "The calendar of this Unix machine that the ancients built only goes up to January 19, 2038. As such, I am convinced that this marks the day of the Earth's destruction."