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

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

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)

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