不停

bùtíng

adverb HSK 5 #12,184

Meanings

1 incessantly
2 without stopping
3 nonstop

Characters

Examples

外面的雨不停地下。

Wàimiàn de yǔ bù tíng de xià.

The rain outside kept falling nonstop.

孩子不停地哭。

Háizi bù tíng de kū.

The child cried without stopping.

他不停地工作了十个小时。

Tā bù tíng de gōngzuò le shí gè xiǎoshí.

He worked nonstop for ten hours.

Tips

grammar

不停 is usually followed by 地 (de) when modifying a verb: 不停地 + verb. Example: 不停地说 (talk nonstop).

Stroke Order

不 bù

停 tíng