Chinese symbol for “incessant”
不停
bù tíng
incessant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for incessant is 不停 (bù tíng), defined as: incessant.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “incessant”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不停.
| 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 |
| 停止 | tíng zhǐ | to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 暂停 (暫停) | zàn tíng | to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports) |
| 停留 | tíng liú | to stay for a time; to stop; to remain; to remain (at a stage, level etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “incessant”.
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.