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Chinese symbol for “ceaseless”

无休无止
wú xiū wú zhǐ
Traditional: 無休無止
ceaseless; endless (idiom)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ceaseless is 无休无止 (wú xiū wú zhǐ), defined as: ceaseless; endless (idiom).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
休 xiū
to rest; to stop; to retire
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
无
无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
止 zhǐ
to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist
radical 77 ⽌ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ceaseless”

WordPinyinMeaning
无休止 (無休止)wú xiū zhǐendless; ceaseless

Related words

Other words that share a character with 无休无止.

WordPinyinMeaning
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
无论 (無論)wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
毫无 (毫無)háo wúnot in the least; to completely lack
无限 (無限)wú xiànunlimited; unbounded; infinite
无关 (無關)wú guānunrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
无数 (無數)wú shùcountless; numberless
休息xiū xirest; to rest
退休tuì xiūto retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
停止tíng zhǐto stop; to halt; to cease

See also: Japanese symbol for “ceaseless”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.