保不齊

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	not; no	even; neat; identical even; neat; identical; ready; to make even; simultaneously; place name
trad. (保不齊)		保	不	齊
simp. (保不齐)		保	不	齐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎobuqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎobuqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎobůcí
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-pu⁵-chʻi²
    • Yale: bǎu-bu-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baobuchyi
    • Palladius: баобуци (baobuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

Adverb

保不齊

1. (colloquial) may well (have ...); probably; quite possibly

Synonyms

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• 也許 / 也许 (yěxǔ)
• 保不住 (bǎobuzhù) (colloquial)
• 保不定 (bǎobudìng) (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 (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)