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

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:
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    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

to not stop
to be no less than; to exceed

Synonyms

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

Adverb

不止

incessantly; without end; nonstop
(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

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)

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