"指不定" meaning in Chinese

See 指不定 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ tiŋ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/, /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ tiŋ⁵¹/ Chinese transliterations: zhǐbùdìng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zhǐbùdìng [Phonetic:zhǐbúdìng] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], zhǐbudìng (toneless variant) [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄓˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄉㄧㄥˋ (toneless variant) [Mandarin, bopomofo], jhǐhbůdìng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chih³-pu⁵-ting⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jř-bu-dìng [Mandarin, Yale], jyybudinq [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], чжибудин [Mandarin, Palladius], čžibudin [Mandarin, Palladius]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 指不定
  1. perhaps; maybe
    Sense id: en-指不定-zh-adv-SMqn7cAZ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin words containing toneless variants, Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi Synonyms: 也許 (yěxǔ), 也许 (yěxǔ), 保不住 (bǎobuzhù) [colloquial], 保不定 (bǎobudìng) [colloquial], 保不齊 (bǎobuqí) [colloquial], 保不齐 (bǎobuqí) [colloquial], 備不住 (bèibuzhù) [regional], 备不住 (bèibuzhù) [regional], 凡勢 (hoān-sè) [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 凡势 (hoān-sè) [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 博定 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 可能 (kěnéng), 容許 (róngxǔ) [literary], 容许 (róngxǔ) [literary], 怕係 [Hakka], 怕系 [Hakka], 怕是 (pàshì), 或者 (huòzhě), 或許 (huòxǔ), 或许 (huòxǔ), 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo), 歉采 [Hokkien], 殼張 [Wu, dated], 壳张 (4khoq-tsan) [Wu, dated], 沒準兒 (méizhǔnr) [colloquial], 没准儿 (méizhǔnr) [colloquial], 興許 (xīngxǔ) [colloquial], 兴许 (xīngxǔ) [colloquial], 話勿出 [Wu], 话勿出 (3hho-veq-tsheq) [Wu], 話唔埋 (waa6 m4 maai4) [Cantonese], 话唔埋 (waa6 m4 maai4) [Cantonese], 話唔定 (waa6 m4 ding6) [Cantonese], 话唔定 (waa6 m4 ding6) [Cantonese], 說不定 (shuōbùdìng), 说不定 (shuōbùdìng), 講勿定 [Wu], 讲勿定 (2kaan-veq-din) [Wu], 講唔定 (gong2 m4 ding6) [Cantonese], 讲唔定 (gong2 m4 ding6) [Cantonese], 難免 (nánmiǎn), 难免 (nánmiǎn)

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      },
      "expansion": "指不定",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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        "perhaps; maybe"
      ],
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        [
          "perhaps",
          "perhaps"
        ],
        [
          "maybe",
          "maybe"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "yěxǔ",
          "word": "也許"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yěxǔ",
          "word": "也许"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǎobuzhù",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "保不住"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǎobudìng",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "保不定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǎobuqí",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "保不齊"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bǎobuqí",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "保不齐"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bèibuzhù",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "備不住"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bèibuzhù",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "备不住"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hoān-sè",
          "tags": [
            "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "凡勢"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hoān-sè",
          "tags": [
            "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "凡势"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "博定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kěnéng",
          "word": "可能"
        },
        {
          "roman": "róngxǔ",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "容許"
        },
        {
          "roman": "róngxǔ",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "容许"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "怕係"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "怕系"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pàshì",
          "word": "怕是"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huòzhě",
          "word": "或者"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huòxǔ",
          "word": "或許"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huòxǔ",
          "word": "或许"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gǎobùhǎo",
          "word": "搞不好"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "歉采"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "殼張"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "壳张 (4khoq-tsan)"
        },
        {
          "roman": "méizhǔnr",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "沒準兒"
        },
        {
          "roman": "méizhǔnr",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "没准儿"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xīngxǔ",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "興許"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xīngxǔ",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "兴许"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "話勿出"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "话勿出 (3hho-veq-tsheq)"
        },
        {
          "roman": "waa6 m4 maai4",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "話唔埋"
        },
        {
          "roman": "waa6 m4 maai4",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "话唔埋"
        },
        {
          "roman": "waa6 m4 ding6",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "話唔定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "waa6 m4 ding6",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "话唔定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuōbùdìng",
          "word": "說不定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuōbùdìng",
          "word": "说不定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "講勿定"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "讲勿定 (2kaan-veq-din)"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gong2 m4 ding6",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "講唔定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gong2 m4 ding6",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "讲唔定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nánmiǎn",
          "word": "難免"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nánmiǎn",
          "word": "难免"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhǐbùdìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhǐbùdìng [Phonetic:zhǐbúdìng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhǐbudìng (toneless variant)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄉㄧㄥˋ (toneless variant)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhǐhbůdìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih³-pu⁵-ting⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jř-bu-dìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyybudinq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжибудин"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžibudin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ tiŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: zhǐbúdìng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ tiŋ⁵¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "指不定"
}
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        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "指不定",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese adverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin adverbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "perhaps; maybe"
      ],
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          "perhaps",
          "perhaps"
        ],
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          "maybe",
          "maybe"
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      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhǐbùdìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhǐbùdìng [Phonetic:zhǐbúdìng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhǐbudìng (toneless variant)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄉㄧㄥˋ (toneless variant)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhǐhbůdìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih³-pu⁵-ting⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jř-bu-dìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyybudinq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжибудин"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžibudin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ tiŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: zhǐbúdìng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ tiŋ⁵¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yěxǔ",
      "word": "也許"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yěxǔ",
      "word": "也许"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎobuzhù",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "保不住"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎobudìng",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "保不定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎobuqí",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "保不齊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎobuqí",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "保不齐"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bèibuzhù",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "備不住"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bèibuzhù",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "备不住"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hoān-sè",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "凡勢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hoān-sè",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "凡势"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "博定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kěnéng",
      "word": "可能"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róngxǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "容許"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róngxǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "容许"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "怕係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "怕系"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pàshì",
      "word": "怕是"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huòzhě",
      "word": "或者"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huòxǔ",
      "word": "或許"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huòxǔ",
      "word": "或许"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎobùhǎo",
      "word": "搞不好"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "歉采"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "殼張"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "壳张 (4khoq-tsan)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "méizhǔnr",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "沒準兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "méizhǔnr",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "没准儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīngxǔ",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "興許"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīngxǔ",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "兴许"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "話勿出"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "话勿出 (3hho-veq-tsheq)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "waa6 m4 maai4",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "話唔埋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "waa6 m4 maai4",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "话唔埋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "waa6 m4 ding6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "話唔定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "waa6 m4 ding6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "话唔定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuōbùdìng",
      "word": "說不定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuōbùdìng",
      "word": "说不定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "講勿定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "讲勿定 (2kaan-veq-din)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gong2 m4 ding6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "講唔定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gong2 m4 ding6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "讲唔定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánmiǎn",
      "word": "難免"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánmiǎn",
      "word": "难免"
    }
  ],
  "word": "指不定"
}

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