Chinese symbol for “ceaselessly”
不休
bù xiū
endlessly; ceaselessly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ceaselessly is 不休 (bù xiū), defined as: endlessly; ceaselessly.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ceaselessly”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不休.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 休息 | xiū xi | rest; to rest |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
| 休闲 (休閒) | xiū xián | leisure; relaxation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ceaselessly”.
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.