備不住

Chinese

		to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip	not; no	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop
trad. (備不住)		備	不	住
simp. (备不住)		备	不	住
alternative forms		背不住 proscribed

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèibuzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèibuzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèibůjhù
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-pu⁵-chu⁴
    • Yale: bèi-bu-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beybujuh
    • Palladius: бэйбучжу (bɛjbučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/

Adverb

備不住

1. (regional) perhaps; maybe

Synonyms

• 也許／也许 (yěxǔ)
• 保不住 (bǎobuzhù) (colloquial)
• 保不定 (bǎobudìng) (colloquial)
• 保不齊／保不齐 (bǎobuqí) (colloquial)
• 凡勢／凡势 (hoān-sè) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 博定 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 可能 (kěnéng)
• 容許／容许 (róngxǔ) (literary)
• 怕係／怕系 (Hakka)
• 怕是 (pàshì)
• 或者 (huòzhě)
• 或許／或许 (huòxǔ)
• 指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
• 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
• 歉采 (Hokkien)
• 殼張／壳张 (⁷khoq-tsan) (Wu, dated)
• 沒準兒／没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
• 興許／兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
• 話勿出／话勿出 (⁶gho-veq-tsheq) (Wu)
• 話唔埋／话唔埋 (waa⁶ m⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
• 話唔定／话唔定 (waa⁶ m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 說不定／说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
• 講勿定／讲勿定 (⁵kaon-veq-din) (Wu)
• 講唔定／讲唔定 (gong² m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 難免／难免 (nánmiǎn)