Definition

1. Verb:
   • To suspend: To temporarily stop or halt an activity, process, or a person's duties, often as a formal or disciplinary measure.
   • To cease: To bring something to an end or a stop, typically in an official or procedural context.
   • To discontinue: To formally terminate or put an end to an ongoing action or proceeding.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Công ty đình chỉ hợp đồng với nhà cung cấp. (The company suspended the contract with the supplier.)
  • Phiên tòa đã bị đình chỉ. (The court session was adjourned/ceased.)
  • Anh ấy bị đình chỉ công tác để điều tra. (He was suspended from his duties for investigation.)

Advanced Usage

• "đình chỉ thi hành án": To suspend the execution of a sentence/judgment.

  • Tòa án có thể quyết định đình chỉ thi hành án. (The court may decide to suspend the execution of the sentence.)

• "đình chỉ hoạt động": To suspend operations/activities.

  • Cơ sở kinh doanh bị đình chỉ hoạt động do vi phạm. (The business establishment had its operations suspended due to violations.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tạm đình chỉ (v): To temporarily suspend.

  • Học sinh bị tạm đình chỉ học tập. (The student was temporarily suspended from school.)

• Lệnh đình chỉ (n): A suspension order.

  • Cảnh sát thi hành lệnh đình chỉ cuộc biểu tình. (The police executed an order to cease the protest.)

Synonyms

• Halt: To bring to a stop.
• Adjourn: To suspend a meeting or proceeding to a later time.
• Terminate: To bring to an end.

Related Idioms

1. Suspend somebody, to suspen somebody in his work