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Chinese symbol for “endlessly”

不已
bù yǐ
(used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for endlessly is 不已 (bù yǐ), defined as: (used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly.

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Characters and stroke order

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
已 yǐ
already; finished; to stop; then, afterwards
radical 49 ⼰ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “endlessly”

WordPinyinMeaning
不休bù xiūendlessly; ceaselessly
不尽 (不盡)bù jìnnot completely; endlessly
无已 (無已)wú yǐendlessly; to have no choice

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不已.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
已经 (已經)yǐ jīngalready
而已ér yǐthat's all; nothing more
早已zǎo yǐfor a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past

See also: Japanese symbol for “endlessly”.

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.