noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. deadlock, standstill, stalemate, set-back, abeyance.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
停頓 ていとん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

halt, stopping
テイ と.める (4th, N2)
human radical (no. 9)
pavilion, restaurant, mansion
テイ チン (9th, N1)
tall, high, expensive
コウ たか.い た (2nd, N5)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ ケイ まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
street, ward, town
チョウ テイ チン (3rd, N1)
suddenly, immediately, in a hurry
トン とん.と とみ.に (11th)
barracks, police station, camp
トン たむろ (9th, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
left hand, old grass radical (no. 45)
テツ サ ひだりて (Kentei 1)
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン (Kentei 1)
page, leaf
ケツ ぺえじ おおがい (Kentei Pre-1)
neck(首) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)