Chinese symbol for “incessantly”
不止
bù zhǐ
incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to
The closest CC-CEDICT match for incessantly is 不止 (bù zhǐ), defined as: incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “incessantly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不已 | bù yǐ | (used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly |
| 不了 | bù liǎo | (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 个 (ge) + ~) without end; incessantly |
| 没完没了 (沒完沒了) | méi wán méi liǎo | without end; incessantly |
| 一个劲 (一個勁) | yī gè jìn | continuously; persistently |
| 连天 (連天) | lián tiān | reaching the sky; for days on end |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不止.
| 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 |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 阻止 | zǔ zhǐ | to prevent; to block |
See also: Japanese symbol for “incessantly”.
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.