不斷

See also: 不断

Chinese

		not; no	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly
trad. (不斷)		不	斷
simp. (不断)		不	断

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùduàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dyun⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-thon
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): put-toān / put-toǎn

(Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ deng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùduàn [Phonetic: búduàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùduàn
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tuan⁴
  - Yale: bù-dwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buduann
  - Palladius: будуань (buduanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ dyun⁶
  - Yale: bāt dyuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ dün⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tyːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-thon
  - Hakka Romanization System: bud^ˋ ton
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ ton⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /put̚² tʰon⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-toān
  - Tâi-lô: put-tuān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putdoan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tuan²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ tuan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tuan³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-toǎn
  - Tâi-lô: put-tuǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tuan²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bug⁴ deng⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk tṳ̆ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ tɯŋ³⁵/

Verb

不斷

to not stop; to not cease; to be continuous
戰亂不斷／战乱不断 ― zhànluàn bùduàn ― continuous war

Synonyms

不休 (bùxiū)
不倒 (bùdǎo) (literary)
不停 (bùtíng)
不已 (bùyǐ)
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)

See also

不已 (bùyǐ)
無限制／无限制 (wúxiànzhì)
無休止／无休止 (wúxiūzhǐ)

Adverb

不斷

continuously; constantly
不斷創新／不断创新 ― bùduàn chuàngxīn ― to continuously innovate

Synonyms

一連 / 一连 (yīlián)
先後 / 先后 (xiānhòu)
前後 / 前后 (qiánhòu)
勿斷 / 勿断 (⁸veq-doe) (Wu)
接連 / 接连 (jiēlián)
接連不斷 / 接连不断 (jiēliánbùduàn)
沓沓 (Hokkien)
直透 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
相繼 / 相继 (xiāngjì)
紛紛 / 纷纷 (fēnfēn)
絡繹 / 络绎 (luòyì) (literary)
連 / 连
連紲 / 连绁 (Hokkien)
連續 / 连续 (liánxù)
連連 / 连连 (liánlián)
陸續 / 陆续 (lùxù)
陸陸續續 / 陆陆续续 (lùlùxùxù)

Derived terms

接連不斷 / 接连不断 (jiēliánbùduàn)
源源不斷 / 源源不断 (yuányuánbùduàn)
連續不斷 / 连续不断 (liánxùbùduàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不斷):

→ Japanese: 不(ふ)断(だん) (fudan)
→ Korean: 부단(不斷) (budan)
→ Vietnamese: bất đoạn (不斷)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	斷
ふ Grade: 4	だん Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 不斷 – see the following entry.

【不断ふだん】

[adjective] without end; continuous; never-ending

(This term, 不斷, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
不	斷

Noun

不斷 • (budan) (hangeul 부단)

hanja form^? of 부단