不止

bùzhǐ

adverb HSK 5 #2,958

Meanings

1 more than
2 not limited to
3 not just

Characters

to stop; to limit

Examples

他不止一次警告过你。

Tā bù zhǐ yī cì jǐnggào guo nǐ.

He has warned you more than once.

受影响的不止我们一家。

Shòu yǐngxiǎng de bù zhǐ wǒmen yī jiā.

We are not the only ones affected.

问题不止这些。

Wèntí bù zhǐ zhèxiē.

The problems are not limited to these.

Tips

mistakes

Don't confuse 不止 (bù zhǐ, more than) with 不只 (bù zhǐ, not only). They sound the same but 不止 emphasizes quantity exceeding a limit, while 不只 means 'not only' (similar to 不仅).

Stroke Order

不 bù

止 zhǐ