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不止

bù zhǐ · bu zhi

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HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)走(zǒu)了(le)一万步(yīwànbù)！

    I walked ten thousand steps today!

  2. Liangliang

    一万步(yīwànbù)？我(wǒ)走(zǒu)了(le)不止(bùzhǐ)一万(yīwàn)，是(shì)两万(liǎngwàn)。

    Ten thousand? I walked more than ten thousand, twenty thousand.

  3. Dengdeng

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？给(gěi)我(wǒ)看看(kànkan)手机(shǒujī)。

    Really? Show me your phone.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，两万三(liǎngwànsān)。我(wǒ)不止(bùzhǐ)走路(zǒulù)，还(hái)爬(pá)了(le)山(shān)。

    Look, twenty-three thousand. I did not only walk, I also climbed a mountain.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)明天(míngtiān)不止(bùzhǐ)要(yào)休息(xiūxi)，还(hái)要(yào)睡(shuì)一整天(yīzhěngtiān)。

    Then tomorrow you will not only rest, you will sleep all day.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)等(děng)了(le)不(bù)止(zhǐ)一(yí)个(gè)小(xiǎo)时(shí)，天(tiān)都(dōu)黑(hēi)了(le)。

He waited for more than an hour, and it was already dark.

02

喜(xǐ)欢(huan)这(zhè)本(běn)书(shū)的(de)人(rén)不(bù)止(zhǐ)我(wǒ)一(yí)个(gè)。

I'm not the only one who likes this book.

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