"搖擺不定" meaning in Chinese

See 搖擺不定 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /jɑʊ̯³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jiːu̯²¹ paːi̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tɪŋ²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /io²⁴⁻²² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /io²⁴⁻²² pai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /io¹³⁻²² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪŋ²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /io²⁴⁻¹¹ pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /iɤ²³⁻³³ pai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 摇摆不定 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 搖擺不定
  1. to be irresolute; to shilly-shally Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 猶豫不決 (yóuyùbùjué), 犹豫不决 (yóuyùbùjué)
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "摇摆不定",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "搖擺不定",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be irresolute; to shilly-shally"
      ],
      "id": "en-搖擺不定-zh-phrase-WMnCvgEt",
      "links": [
        [
          "irresolute",
          "irresolute"
        ],
        [
          "shilly-shally",
          "shilly-shally"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "yóuyùbùjué",
          "word": "猶豫不決"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yóuyùbùjué",
          "word": "犹豫不决"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yáobǎibùdìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄠˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiu⁴ baai² bat¹ ding⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iô-pái-put-tēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yáobǎibùdìng [Phonetic: yáobǎibúdìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄠˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yáobǎibùdìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yao²-pai³-pu⁴-ting⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yáu-bǎi-bù-dìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yaubaebudinq"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jaobajbudin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "яобайбудин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiu⁴ baai² bat¹ ding⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìuh báai bāt dihng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiu⁴ baai² bat⁷ ding⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yiu⁴ bai² bed¹ ding⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯²¹ paːi̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tɪŋ²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iô-pái-put-tēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iô-pái-put-tīng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ioi'pay'putdeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻²² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻²² pai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io¹³⁻²² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻¹¹ pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤ²³⁻³³ pai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "搖擺不定"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "摇摆不定",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "搖擺不定",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 定",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 搖",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 擺",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be irresolute; to shilly-shally"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "irresolute",
          "irresolute"
        ],
        [
          "shilly-shally",
          "shilly-shally"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yáobǎibùdìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄠˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiu⁴ baai² bat¹ ding⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iô-pái-put-tēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yáobǎibùdìng [Phonetic: yáobǎibúdìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄠˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yáobǎibùdìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yao²-pai³-pu⁴-ting⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yáu-bǎi-bù-dìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yaubaebudinq"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jaobajbudin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "яобайбудин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiu⁴ baai² bat¹ ding⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìuh báai bāt dihng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiu⁴ baai² bat⁷ ding⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yiu⁴ bai² bed¹ ding⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯²¹ paːi̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tɪŋ²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iô-pái-put-tēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iô-pái-put-tīng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ioi'pay'putdeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻²² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻²² pai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io¹³⁻²² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴⁻¹¹ pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤ²³⁻³³ pai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yóuyùbùjué",
      "word": "猶豫不決"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóuyùbùjué",
      "word": "犹豫不决"
    }
  ],
  "word": "搖擺不定"
}

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