搞不好

Chinese

		to do; to make; to go in for to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of	not; no	good; well; be fond of
trad. (搞不好)		搞	不	好
simp. #(搞不好)		搞	不	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎobùhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² bat¹ hou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎobùhǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎobùhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kao³-pu⁴-hao³
    • Yale: gǎu-bù-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaobuhao
    • Palladius: гаобухао (gaobuxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau² bat¹ hou²
    • Yale: gáau bāt hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² bat⁷ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² bed¹ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hou̯³⁵/

Adverb

搞不好

1. (informal) perhaps; maybe

Synonyms

• 也許／也许 (yěxǔ)
• 保不住 (bǎobuzhù) (colloquial)
• 保不定 (bǎobudìng) (colloquial)
• 保不齊／保不齐 (bǎobuqí) (colloquial)
• 備不住／备不住 (bèibuzhù) (regional)
• 凡勢／凡势 (hoān-sè) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 博定 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 可能 (kěnéng)
• 容許／容许 (róngxǔ) (literary)
• 怕係／怕系 (Hakka)
• 怕是 (pàshì)
• 或者 (huòzhě)
• 或許／或许 (huòxǔ)
• 指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
• 歉采 (Hokkien)
• 殼張／壳张 (⁷khoq-tsan) (Wu, dated)
• 沒準兒／没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
• 興許／兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
• 話勿出／话勿出 (⁶gho-veq-tsheq) (Wu)
• 話唔埋／话唔埋 (waa⁶ m⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
• 話唔定／话唔定 (waa⁶ m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 說不定／说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
• 講勿定／讲勿定 (⁵kaon-veq-din) (Wu)
• 講唔定／讲唔定 (gong² m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 難免／难免 (nánmiǎn)