不停

Chinese

		not; no	to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
simp. and trad. (不停)		不	停

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùtíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ting⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): put-thêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ têng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùtíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùtíng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tʻing²
    • Yale: bù-tíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butyng
    • Palladius: бутин (butin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ting⁴
    • Yale: bāt tìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ting⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ting⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-thêng
    • Tâi-lô: put-thîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putteeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ tʰiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bug⁴ têng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk thêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ tʰeŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

不停

1. to not stop; to be endless; to be ceaseless; to be incessant; to be nonstop

   我忙了大半天了，活兒就不停地來；可逮著了個空兒歇會兒！ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   我忙了大半天了，活儿就不停地来；可逮着了个空儿歇会儿！ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Wǒ máng le dàbàntiān le, huór jiù bùtíng de lái; kě děi zháo le ge kòngr xiē huǐr! [Pinyin]

   I was busy all day, and the work just keeps coming; I finally could get hold of some time to rest a little!

Usage notes

Used chiefly as a complement after a verb.

Synonyms

• 不休 (bùxiū)
• 不倒 (bùdǎo) (literary)
• 不已 (bùyǐ)
• 不斷／不断 (bùduàn)
• 不迭 (bùdié)
• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 延續／延续 (yánxù)
• 持續／持续 (chíxù)
• 接 (jiē)
• 接續／接续 (jiēxù)
• 秉承 (bǐngchéng)
• 繼／继 (jì)
• 繼承／继承 (jìchéng)
• 繼續／继续 (jìxù)