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- <p>If something keeps happening and won't stop happening, we say that it is "<b>continuous</b>" or "<b>incessant</b>." In Chinese, the words are "<span class="hanzi">不断</span>" (<span class="pinyin">bùduàn</span>) and "<span class="hanzi">不停</span>" (<span class="pinyin">bùtíng</span>). Instead of usually being adjectives, these two words are usually adverbs (but they can sometimes be adjectives too!). However, they are used in different ways and different places, so this article will help you distinguish when and where to use them.</p>
- <h2 id="不断"><span class="hanzist">不断</span><br/></h2>
- <p>"<span class="hanzi">不断</span>" is usually placed before the verb it modifies, and it often requires <a href="Turning_adjectives_into_adverbs" title="wikilink">the particle "地"</a> to show that it is an adverb.</p>
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- <div class="deux">Subj. + <span class="hanzist">不断</span> + <span class="hanzist">地</span> + Verb</div>
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- <li><span class="hanzi">客户 不断地 改变 主意，怎么 办？</span> <span class="trans">The client won't stop changing his ideas. What should I do?</span></li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">过去 的 两 年 里，我们 不断地 在 努力，也 不断地 在 进步。</span> <span class="trans">For two years, we continuously pushed ourselves and continuously improved.</span></li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">他们 之间 的 矛盾 一直 不断，关系 不断 恶化。</span> <span class="trans">The argument between them is ongoing. The relationship is consistently worsening.</span></li>
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- <h2 id="不停"><span class="hanzist">不停</span><br/></h2>
- <p>"<span class="hanzi">不停</span>" is a little more versatile and can be placed both <b>before</b> the verb as an adverb, or <b>after</b> the verb as something that is somewhat like a complement. Either way, it means the same thing.</p>
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- <div class="deux">Subj. + <span class="hanzist">不停</span> + <span class="hanzist">地</span> + Verb</div>
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- <li><span class="hanzi">我今天很困，不停地打哈欠。</span> <span class="trans">I'm so tired today. I can't stop yawning.</span></li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">感冒了，喉咙痛，还不停地留鼻水。</span> <span class="trans">I got a cold. My throat hurts and my nose keeps running.</span></li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">吃饭的时候他一句话也不说，不停地吃。</span> <span class="trans">When he's eating, he doesn't say anything. He doesn't stop eating.</span></li>
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- <p>When "<span class="hanzi">不停</span>" comes after the verb, it behaves somewhat strangely and takes "<span class="hanzi">个</span>" before it in order to become grammatical, like so:</p>
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- <div class="deux">Subj. + Verb + <span class="hanzist">个</span> + <span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">不停</span></div>
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- <li><span class="hanzi">孩子 哭 个不停，是 不 是 发烧 了？</span> <span class="trans">The child is crying constantly. Does he have a fever?</span></li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">今天 电话 响个不停，烦 死 了。</span> <span class="trans">The phone is ringing incessantly today, it's so annoying.</span></li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">一天到晚 老婆 唠叨 个不停，你 受 得 了 吗？</span> <span class="trans">In the evening, the wife doesn't stop chatting. Can you stand it?</span></li>
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