HSK 6 · Function Words

不止 bùzhǐ “more than” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 不止 means

  1. more than
  2. not limited to
  3. incessantly
  4. without end

How to say 不止

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale不bù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale止zhǐ3rd tone, dipping

不止 in a sentence

  1. 我等了不止三小时。

    Wǒ děng le bùzhǐ sān xiǎoshí.

    I waited more than three hours.

    Sentence #10371724 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 她不止嘲笑了他，还把他赶了出去。

    Tā bùzhǐ cháoxiào le tā, hái bǎ tā gǎn le chūqu.

    She not only laughed at him but also threw him out.

    Sentence #3380555 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 不止你，连我也被牵连了。

    Bùzhǐ nǐ, lián wǒ yě bèi qiānlián le.

    Not just you — even I got dragged into it.

    Sentence #1448910 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 不止 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 不 (bù) drawn as one shape
不bùno; not so

不 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidPicture a bar 一 across the top that nothing below can get past: not, no.

The character 止 (zhǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
止zhǐto stop
  • 上above · shǎng
  • 丨line · gǔn

How to write 不止

不 4 strokes · 止 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

不止 (bùzhǐ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 不止 (bùzhǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 不止

Words with 不

不bù · no不要bùyào · don’t!不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome对不起duìbuqǐ · sorry不错bùcuò · not bad不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed不但búdàn · not only不同bùtóng · different不少bùshǎo · quite a few不见bújiàn · to be missing

Words with 止

禁止jìnzhǐ · to prohibit阻止zǔzhǐ · to prevent截止jiézhǐ · to end防止fángzhǐ · to prevent制止zhìzhǐ · to stop终止zhōngzhǐ · to terminate迄今为止qìjīnwéizhǐ · so far

More words: Function Words & Grammar

不料búliào · unexpectedly不免bùmiǎn · inevitably不惜bùxī · not to hesitate (to)不由得bùyóude · can’t help (doing)成心chéngxīn · on purpose除chú · except大不了dàbuliǎo · at worst当面dāngmiàn · face to face

FAQs

不止 (bùzhǐ) means “more than” or “not limited to”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bùzhǐ: bù with a 4th tone, then zhǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 不止 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type buzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 不止 from the suggestions. Typing buzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
不止 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.