不止

bù zhǐ

HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Verb Common

Definitions

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not just; not limited to

often paired with 而且 to mean 'not only... but also'

to exceed

when meaning 'more than' a certain amount

Don't confuse 不止 (bùzhǐ) with 不只 (bùzhǐ); 不止 can mean 'more than' a quantity, while 不只 is strictly 'not only'.

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这本书看了不止一遍。

I have read this book more than once.

他狂笑不止。

He laughed wildly without stopping.

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many times

to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)

lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom)

while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last

no; not so

to stop