搖擺不定

Chinese

		to sway; to move side to side; to rock to sway; to move side to side; to rock; to sway; to vacillate	uncertain; unstable
trad. (搖擺不定)		搖擺	不定
simp. (摇摆不定)		摇摆	不定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáobǎibùdìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ baai² bat¹ ding⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iô-pái-put-tēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáobǎibùdìng [Phonetic: yáobǎibúdìng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáobǎibùdìng
    • Wade–Giles: yao²-pai³-pu⁴-ting⁴
    • Yale: yáu-bǎi-bù-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaubaebudinq
    • Palladius: яобайбудин (jaobajbudin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴ baai² bat¹ ding⁶
    • Yale: yìuh báai bāt dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ baai² bat⁷ ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ bai² bed¹ ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ paːi̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iô-pái-put-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: iô-pái-put-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioi'pay'putdeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /io²⁴⁻²² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io²⁴⁻²² pai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /io¹³⁻²² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /io²⁴⁻¹¹ pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ²³⁻³³ pai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/

Idiom

搖擺不定

1. to be irresolute; to shilly-shally

Synonyms

• 猶豫不決／犹豫不决 (yóuyùbùjué)