不停
bùtíngTraditional: 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
不
停
Examples
雨。
The rain keeps falling without stopping.
。
She talks ceaselessly.
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The child cries without stopping.
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His phone rings incessantly.
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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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