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
Min Nan (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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    不只
    不止
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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    不只
    不止
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chí
  - Tâi-lô: put-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putcie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕi⁵³/
- (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

Synonyms

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

Conjunction

不止

not only; not merely

Synonyms

Synonyms of 不止

不但 (bùdàn)
不光 (bùguāng)
不只 (bùzhǐ)
不惟 (bùwéi) (literary)
不特 (bùtè) (literary)
不直 (bùzhí) (literary)
伓止 (Min Bei, Min Nan)
勿光 (Wu)
唔只 (Cantonese)
毋但 (Min Nan)
非但 (fēidàn)
不僅／不仅 (bùjǐn)

不單／不单 (bùdān)
不獨／不独 (bùdú)
不論／不论 (bùlùn) (literary)
勿僅／勿仅 (Wu)
勿僅僅／勿仅仅 (Wu)
唔單／唔单 (Teochew)
唔單只／唔单只 (Cantonese, Teochew)
唔淨只／唔净只 (Cantonese)
豈但／岂但 (qǐdàn) (literary)
非獨／非独 (fēidú)
非論／非论 (fēilùn) (literary)

Related terms

豈止／岂止 (qǐzhǐ)

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