(bié dòng) - don't move, stay still in Mandarin

biédòng

Traditional: 別動

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Translation

don't move, stay still

Word origin

A compound of 别 (bié, do not) and 动 (dòng, to move), literally do not move, used as an imperative telling someone to stay still.

Origin: compound
Root: 别 (bié, do not) + 动 (dòng, to move)

Stroke order

别

动

Examples

，。

Do not move, let me help you.

喊hǎn：！

The police shouted: Freeze!

。

Do not move while the photo is being taken.

口kǒu，。

Your wound has not healed yet, stay still.

。

Do not touch the things on the table.

别动 (bié dòng) means don't move, stay still. It is an imperative phrase telling someone to hold still or not interfere.

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This word is part of lesson 21.