不斷

See also: 不断

Chinese

		not; no	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly
trad. (不斷)		不	斷
simp. (不断)		不	断

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùduàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dyun⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-thon
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): put-toān / put-toǎn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ deng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùduàn [Phonetic: búduàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùduàn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tuan⁴
    • Yale: bù-dwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buduann
    • Palladius: будуань (buduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ dyun⁶
    • Yale: bāt dyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ dün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tyːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-thon
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` ton
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ ton⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² tʰon⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-toān
    • Tâi-lô: put-tuān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdoan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tuan²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ tuan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tuan³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-toǎn
    • Tâi-lô: put-tuǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tuan²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bug⁴ deng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk tṳ̆ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ tɯŋ³⁵/

Verb

不斷

1. to not stop; to not cease; to be continuous

   戰亂不斷／战乱不断  ―  zhànluàn bùduàn  ―  continuous war

Synonyms

• 不休 (bùxiū)
• 不倒 (bùdǎo) (literary)
• 不停 (bùtíng)
• 不已 (bùyǐ)
• 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

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

Adverb

不斷

1. continuously; constantly

   不斷創新／不断创新  ―  bùduàn chuàngxīn  ―  to continuously innovate

Synonyms

• 一連／一连 (yīlián)
• 先後／先后 (xiānhòu)
• 前後／前后 (qiánhòu)
• 勿斷／勿断 (⁸veq-doe) (Wu)
• 接連／接连 (jiēlián)
• 接連不斷／接连不断 (jiēliánbùduàn)
• 沓沓 (Hokkien)
• 直透 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 相繼／相继 (xiāngjì)
• 紛紛／纷纷 (fēnfēn)
• 絡繹／络绎 (luòyì) (literary)
• 連／连
• 連紲／连绁 (Hokkien)
• 連續／连续 (liánxù)
• 連連／连连 (liánlián)
• 陸續／陆续 (lùxù)
• 陸陸續續／陆陆续续 (lùlùxùxù)

 

Derived terms

• 接連不斷／接连不断 (jiēliánbùduàn)
• 源源不斷／源源不断 (yuányuánbùduàn)
• 連續不斷／连续不断 (liánxùbùduàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不斷):

• → Japanese: 不(ふ)断(だん) (fudan)
• → Korean: 부단(不斷) (budan)
• → Vietnamese: bất đoạn (不斷)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	斷
ふ Grade: 4	だん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 不斷 – see the following entry.

【不断ふだん】 [adjective] without end; continuous; never-ending

(This term, 不斷, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
不	斷

Noun

不斷 • (budan) (hangeul 부단)

1. Hanja form^? of 부단.