Chinese symbol for “uninterrupted”
不断
bù duàn
Traditional: 不斷
unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for uninterrupted is 不断 (bù duàn), defined as: unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “uninterrupted”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绵绵 (綿綿) | mián mián | continuous; uninterrupted |
| 连绵 (連綿) | lián mián | continuous; unbroken |
| 不绝 (不絕) | bù jué | unending; uninterrupted |
| 绵连 (綿連) | mián lián | continuous; uninterrupted |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不断.
| 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 |
| 判断 (判斷) | pàn duàn | to judge; to determine; judgment |
| 垄断 (壟斷) | lǒng duàn | to monopolize |
| 中断 (中斷) | zhōng duàn | to cut short; to break off |
See also: Japanese symbol for “uninterrupted”.
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.