不已

Chinese

		not; no	already; to stop; then already; to stop; then; afterwards
simp. and trad. (不已)		不	已

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-i³
    • Yale: bù-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyii
    • Palladius: буи (bui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ji⁵
    • Yale: bāt yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiː¹³/

Verb

不已

1. to be without end; to a great extent

Usage notes

Used chiefly as a complement after a verb or adjective.

Synonyms

• 不休 (bùxiū)
• 不倒 (bùdǎo) (literary)
• 不停 (bùtíng)
• 不斷／不断 (bùduàn)
• 不迭 (bùdié)
• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 延續／延续 (yánxù)
• 持續／持续 (chíxù)
• 接 (jiē)
• 接續／接续 (jiēxù)
• 秉承 (bǐngchéng)
• 繼／继 (jì)
• 繼承／继承 (jìchéng)
• 繼續／继续 (jìxù)

 

See also

• 無限制／无限制 (wúxiànzhì)
• 無休止／无休止 (wúxiūzhǐ)