不停

tíng

Traditional: 不停

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Translation

without stopping, ceaselessly, incessantly

Word origin

A compound of the negative 不 (bù, not) and 停 (tíng, to stop), where 停 combines the person radical 亻with 亭 (tíng, pavilion) as phonetic.

Origin
compound
Root
不 (bù, not) + 停 (tíng, to stop)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 不

Stroke order for 停

Examples

The rain keeps falling without stopping.

She talks ceaselessly.

The child cries without stopping.

His phone rings incessantly.

The machine ran without stopping all day.

不停 (bù tíng) means without stopping or ceaselessly, often used with 地 before a verb or as the complement 个不停 after a verb to stress continuous action.

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This word is part of lesson 32.