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

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

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

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)

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