不止

Chinese

		not; no	to stop; prohibit; till
simp. and trad. (不止)		不	止

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-chí / put-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih³
    • Yale: bù-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujyy
    • Palladius: бучжи (bučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi²
    • Yale: bāt jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 不只 不止

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chí
    • Tâi-lô: put-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putcie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-lí
    • Tâi-lô: put-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putlie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ li⁵³/

Verb

不止

1. to not stop
2. to be no less than; to exceed

Synonyms

• (to be no less than): (literary, chiefly for emphasis) 不啻 (bùchì)

Adverb

不止

1. incessantly; without end; nonstop
2. (Mainland China Hokkien) quite; rather; considerably

   不止緊／不止紧 [Hokkien]  ―  put-chí kín [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  quite fast

Synonyms

• (incessantly): 不住 (bùzhù)
• (quite): 相當／相当 (xiāngdāng), 比較／比较 (bǐjiào), 蠻／蛮 (mán), 挺 (tǐng); (Hokkien) 不止仔

Conjunction

不止

1. not only; not merely

Synonyms

• 不但 (bùdàn)
• 不僅／不仅 (bùjǐn)
• 不光 (bùguāng)
• 不只 (bùzhǐ)
• 不單／不单 (bùdān)
• 不惟 (bùwéi) (literary)
• 不特 (bùtè) (literary)
• 不獨／不独 (bùdú)
• 不直 (bùzhí) (literary)
• 不論／不论 (bùlùn) (literary)
• 伓止 (ēng-cǐ) (Northern Min, Hokkien)
• 勿僅／勿仅 (⁸veq-jin) (Wu)
• 勿僅僅／勿仅仅 (⁸veq-jin-jin) (Wu)
• 勿光 (⁸veq-kuaon) (Wu)
• 唔只 (m⁴ zi²) (Cantonese)
• 唔單／唔单 (Teochew)
• 唔單只／唔单只 (m⁴ daan¹ zi²) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 唔淨只／唔净只 (m⁴ zing⁶ zi²) (Cantonese)
• 毋但 (Hokkien)
• 豈但／岂但 (qǐdàn) (literary)
• 非但 (fēidàn)
• 非獨／非独 (fēidú)
• 非論／非论 (fēilùn) (literary)

 

Related terms

• 豈止／岂止 (qǐzhǐ)