欲准毋

Chinese

		desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	to allow; to grant; to permit to allow; to grant; to permit; accurate; standard	no; not
simp. and trad. (欲准毋)		欲	准	毋
alternative forms		要准伓

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): beh-chún-m̄

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: beh-chún-m̄
    • Tâi-lô: beh-tsún-m̄
    • Phofsit Daibuun: behzwnm
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩²²/

Adjective

欲准毋

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) shilly-shally; half-hearted; vacillating; without consistency or constancy; likely to change minds easily

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 三心二意 (“shilly-shally; half-hearted”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		三心二意, 三心兩意
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	三心二意
	Harbin	三心二意
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	三心二意
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	三心二意, 三心兩意
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	三心二意
	Xining	三心二意
	Xuzhou	三心二意
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	三心二意
	Lanzhou	三心二意
	Ürümqi	三心二意, 三心兩意
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	三心二意
	Wuhan	三心二意, 三心兩意
	Guiyang	三心二意
	Liuzhou	三心兩意
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	三心二意
	Yangzhou	三心二意
Cantonese	Hong Kong	三心兩意
	Dongguan	三心兩意
Gan	Nanchang	三心二意
	Lichuan	三心二意, 三心兩意
	Pingxiang	三心二意
Hakka	Meixian	三心兩意
	Yudu	三心兩意
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	三心兩意
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	三心兩意
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	三心兩意
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	三心兩意
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	三心兩意
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	三心兩意
Jin	Taiyuan	三心二意
	Xinzhou	三心二意
Southern Min	Xiamen	三心兩意
	Zhangzhou	欲准毋
	Tainan	三心兩意
	Manila (Hokkien)	三心兩意
	Haikou	三心兩意
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	三心兩意
Wu	Shanghai	三心兩意
	Shanghai (Chongming)	三心兩意
	Suzhou	三心兩意
	Danyang	三心二意
	Hangzhou	三心二意, 三心兩意
	Ningbo	三心兩意
	Wenzhou	三心兩意
	Jinhua	三心兩意
Xiang	Changsha	三心二意, 三心兩意
	Loudi	三心二意