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
Other Chinese words for “endlessly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不休 | bù xiū | endlessly; ceaselessly |
| 不尽 (不盡) | bù jìn | not completely; endlessly |
| 无已 (無已) | wú yǐ | endlessly; to have no choice |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不已.
| 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 |
| 已经 (已經) | yǐ jīng | already |
| 而已 | ér yǐ | that's all; nothing more |
| 早已 | zǎo yǐ | for 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.