不休

Chinese

		not; no	to rest
simp. and trad. (不休)		不	休

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùxiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùxiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsiou
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsiu¹
    • Yale: bù-syōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushiou
    • Palladius: бусю (busju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ jau¹
    • Yale: bāt yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

不休

1. to not stop; to be endless; to be ceaseless; to be incessant; to be nonstop

   爭論不休／争论不休  ―  zhēnglùn bùxiū  ―  to debate endlessly

Usage notes

Used chiefly as a complement after a verb.

Synonyms

• 不倒 (bùdǎo) (literary)
• 不停 (bùtíng)
• 不已 (bùyǐ)
• 不斷／不断 (bùduàn)
• 不迭 (bùdié)
• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 延續／延续 (yánxù)
• 持續／持续 (chíxù)
• 接 (jiē)
• 接續／接续 (jiēxù)
• 秉承 (bǐngchéng)
• 繼／继 (jì)
• 繼承／继承 (jìchéng)
• 繼續／继续 (jìxù)

 

Derived terms

• 喋喋不休 (diédiébùxiū)