Meaning of zhǐ:
zhǐ
止
Verb
to stop; to prohibit
Qìchē zài shízìlù kǒu zhǐle xiàlái.
汽车在十字路口止了下来。
The car stopped at the intersection.
Zhèlǐ zhǐjìn xīyān.
这里禁止吸烟。
Smoking is prohibited here.
Preposition
until
Yǔ yīzhí xià gè bù tíng, zhídào wǎnshàng shí diǎn cái zhǐ.
雨一直下个不停，直到晚上十点才止。
The rain kept falling nonstop until ten o'clock in the evening.
Adverb
only
Zhè zhǐ shì yīgè kāishǐ.
这只是一个开始。
This is only a beginning.
