# 無定著
## Chinese

| | | not have | surely; certainly |
| trad. (無定著/無定着) | trad. (無定著/無定着) | 無 | 定著/定着 |
| simp. (无定着) | simp. (无定着) | 无 | 定着 |

### Pronunciation

* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mò-thin-chho̍k
    (Hailu, HRS): mo tin$^˖$ chog$^ˋ$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bo$^2$ dia$^5$ dieo$^2$ / bo$^2$ diaⁿ$^5$ dieo$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-tiāⁿ-tio̍h
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-thin-chho̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: mo$^ˇ$ tin cog
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mo$^2$ tin$^4$ cog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ tʰin⁵⁵ t͡sʰok̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: mo tin$^˖$ chog$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /mo⁵⁵ tʰin³³ t͡ʃʰok²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bo$^2$ dia$^5$ dieo$^2$ [Phonetic: bo$^5$ dia$^5$ dieo$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: beó-diāⁿ-da̤̍uh
*** Sinological IPA : /po¹³⁻²¹ tia²¹ tieu¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bo$^2$ diaⁿ$^5$ dieo$^2$ [Phonetic: bo$^5$ diaⁿ$^5$ dieo$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pɵ¹³⁻²¹ tĩã²¹ tieu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-tiāⁿ-tio̍h
*** Tâi-lô: bô-tiānn-tio̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boi'dviaxdioih
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² tiã²²⁻²¹ tioʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ tiã³³⁻²¹ tiɤʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² tiã⁴¹⁻²² tioʔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² tiã²²⁻²¹ tioʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tiã³³⁻¹¹ tioʔ⁴/

### Adverb

無定著
* (Hokkien) may not; not necessarily
* (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) perhaps; maybe

#### Synonyms

* (may not):
* 不一定 (bùyīdìng)
* 不必 (bùbì)
* 不見得 / 不见得 (bùjiàndé)
* 唔一定 (m$^4$ jat$^1$ ding$^6$) (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 (uei$^4$ jienn$^4$ de$^6$) (Xiang)
* 無一定 / 无一定 (Hokkien)
* 無拄拄 / 无拄拄 (Hokkien)
* 無的確 / 无的确 (Min Nan)
* (perhaps):
* 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)
* 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
* 歉采 (Hokkien)
* 殼張 / 壳张 ($^7$khoq-tsan) (Wu, dated)
* 沒準兒 / 没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
* 興許 / 兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
* 話勿出 / 话勿出 ($^6$gho-veq-tsheq) (Wu)
* 話唔埋 / 话唔埋 (waa$^6$ m$^4$ maai$^4$) (Cantonese)
* 話唔定 / 话唔定 (waa$^6$ m$^4$ ding$^6$) (Cantonese)
* 說不定 / 说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
* 講勿定 / 讲勿定 ($^5$kaon-veq-din) (Wu)
* 講唔定 / 讲唔定 (gong$^2$ m$^4$ ding$^6$) (Cantonese)
* 難免 / 难免 (nánmiǎn)

### Adjective

無定著
* (Hokkien, Puxian Min) restless, unable to stay still (mostly refers to children)
* (Hokkien, Puxian Min) capricious and inconsistant (of one's words and behavior); constantly changing (of affairs of life)

### Further reading

* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “無定著”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* “無定著”, 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.
* 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “无定著”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 126.
* “Entry #3567”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “无定著”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 44.