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

(Hokkien) may not; not necessarily

Synonyms

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

“無一定”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.