不停
Chinese
[edit]| not; no | to stop; to halt; to park (a car) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (不停) |
不 | 停 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bat1 ting4
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùtíng
- Wade–Giles: pu4-tʻing2
- Yale: bù-tíng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butyng
- Palladius: бутин (butin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ tʰiŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 ting4
- Yale: bāt tìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 ting4
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 ting4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-thêng
- Tâi-lô: put-thîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: putteeng
- IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ tʰiɪŋ¹³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bug4 têng5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk thêng
- Sinological IPA (key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ tʰeŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Verb
[edit]不停
- to not stop; to be endless; to be ceaseless; to be incessant; to be nonstop
- 我忙了大半天了，活兒就不停地來；可逮著了個空兒歇會兒！ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
- Wǒ máng le dàbàntiān le, huór jiù bùtíng de lái; kě děi zháo le ge kòngr xiē huǐr! [Pinyin]
- I was busy all day, and the work just keeps coming; I finally could get hold of some time to rest a little!
我忙了大半天了，活儿就不停地来；可逮着了个空儿歇会儿！ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
Usage notes
[edit]Used chiefly as a complement after a verb.