無一定

Chinese

		not have	fixed; specific; regular fixed; specific; regular; given; particular
trad. (無一定)		無	一定
simp. (无一定)		无	一定

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-it-tēng

---

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-it-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: bô-it-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'itdeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² it̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² it̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² it̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ it̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ it̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/

Adverb

無一定

1. (Hokkien) may not; not necessarily

Synonyms

edit

• 不一定 (bùyīdìng)
• 不必 (bùbì)
• 不見得／不见得 (bùjiàndé)
• 唔一定 (m⁴ jat¹ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 未嘗／未尝 (wèicháng) (literary)
• 未始 (wèishǐ) (literary)
• 未必 (wèibì)
• 未必然 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 未見得／未见得 (uei⁴ jienn⁴ de⁶) (Xiang)
• 無定著／无定著 (Min Nan)
• 無拄拄／无拄拄 (Hokkien)
• 無的確／无的确 (Min Nan)

 

Further reading

• “Entry #8598”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.