說不定

See also: 说不定

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	not; no	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
trad. (說不定)		說	不	定
simp. (说不定)		说	不	定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shuōbùdìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): so² bu² din⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ bat¹ ding⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-put-tēng / serh-put-tēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōbùdìng [Phonetic: shuōbúdìng] → shuōbudìng (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ → ㄕㄨㄛ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄉㄧㄥˋ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuobůdìng
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-pu⁵-ting⁴
    • Yale: shwō-bu-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuobudinq
    • Palladius: шобудин (šobudin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/ → /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ b̥u² tiŋ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: so² bu² din⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sobudin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /so²¹ pu²¹ tin²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ bat¹ ding⁶
    • Yale: syut bāt dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ bat⁷ ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ bed¹ ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ tɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-put-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: suat-put-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatputdeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: serh-put-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: serh-put-tīng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sə(ʔ)⁵ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/

Verb

說不定

1. to be unable to say for certain

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 講唔定／讲唔定, 話唔定／话唔定, 話唔埋／话唔埋
• (Hokkien) 𣍐說得／𫧃说得

Adverb

說不定

1. 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)
• 備不住／备不住 (bèibuzhù) (regional)
• 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)
• 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)