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
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shuōbùdìng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

(Chengdu, SP): so² bu² din⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ bat¹ ding⁶
Min Nan (POJ): soat-put-tēng / serh-put-tēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuōbùdìng [Phonetic: shuōbúdìng] → shuōbudìng (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ → ㄕㄨㄛ ˙ㄅㄨㄉㄧㄥˋ (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): /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

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

perhaps; maybe

Synonyms

Synonyms of 說不定

保不住 (bǎobuzhù) (colloquial)
保不定 (bǎobudìng) (colloquial)
可能 (kěnéng)
怕是 (pàshì)
或者 (huòzhě)
指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
歉采 (Min Nan)
也許／也许 (yěxǔ)
保不齊／保不齐 (bǎobuqí) (colloquial)
備不住／备不住 (bèibuzhù) (regional)
凡勢／凡势 (hoān-sè) (Taiwanese Hokkien)

容許／容许 (róngxǔ) (literary)
怕係／怕系 (Hakka)
或許／或许 (huòxǔ)
殼張／壳张 (Wu, dated)
沒準兒／没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
興許／兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
話勿出／话勿出 (Wu)
話唔埋／话唔埋 (Cantonese)
話唔定／话唔定 (Cantonese)
講勿定／讲勿定 (Wu)
講唔定／讲唔定 (Cantonese)
難免／难免 (nánmiǎn)

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