| chuò | stop/cease/suspend |
| 辍 | to stop (before completion) to cease to suspend |
| 辍业 | to give up work to give up one's profession |
| 辍学 | to drop out of school to leave off studying to interrupt one's studies |
| 辍学率 | drop-out rate (from schooling) |
| 辍工 | to stop work |
| 辍朝 | to suspend business at the imperial court on account of a misfortune |
| 辍止 | to stop to leave off |
| 辍演 | to stop performing a play to interrupt a stage run |
| 辍笔 | to stop writing or painting to leave off writing midway |
| 辍耕 | to stop plowing to give up a life in the fields |
| 辍食吐哺 | to stop eating and spit out |