說不定

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 stabilise; to order
trad. (說不定)		說	不	定
simp. (说不定)		说	不	定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuōbùdìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shuōbùdìng [Phonetic: shuōbúdìng] → shuōbudìng (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ → ㄕㄨㄛ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄉㄧㄥˋ (toneless variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuobudinq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuobůdìng
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂwɔ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/ → /ʂwɔ⁵⁵ b̥u² tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ bat¹ ding⁶
    • Yale: syut bāt dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ bat⁷ ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ bed¹ ding⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /ʃyːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ tɪŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (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

Adverb

說不定

1. perhaps; maybe

Synonyms

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也許／也许 (yěxǔ) 可能 (kěnéng) 容許／容许 (róngxǔ) (literary) 或許／或许 (huòxǔ) 指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)

沒準兒／没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial) 興許／兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial) 話唔埋／话唔埋 (Cantonese) 話唔定／话唔定 (Cantonese) 講唔定／讲唔定 (Cantonese)