不常在

Chinese

		not; no	always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
simp. and trad. (不常在)		不	常	在
alternative forms		不長在／不长在

Etymology

See 常在 (chhiâng-chāi).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-chhiâng-chāi / put-chhêng-chāi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chhiâng-chāi
    • Tâi-lô: put-tshiâng-tsāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putchiangzai
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiaŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sai³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chhêng-chāi
    • Tâi-lô: put-tshîng-tsāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putzhengzai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sai³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai³³/

Conjunction

不常在

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) no matter (what, how, etc.)

   輸贏不常在／输赢不常在 [Hokkien]  ―  su-iâⁿ put-chhêng-chāi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  regardless of winning or losing

Synonyms

• 不拘 (bùjū)
• 不管 (bùguǎn)
• 不論／不论 (bùlùn)
• 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
• 別管／别管 (biéguǎn)
• 勿怪 (⁸veq-kua) (Wu)
• 勿管 (⁸veq-kuoe) (Wu)
• 勿論／勿论 (⁸veq-len) (Wu)
• 憑／凭 (píng) (colloquial)
• 毋管
• 無管／无管 (wúguǎn) (literary or Min Nan)
• 無論／无论 (wúlùn)
• 隨便／随便 (suíbiàn)