不定 bùdìng

1. bùdìng adjective indefinite; indeterminate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不固定 (Guoyu '不定' 1)
2. bùdìng adjective not stable
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不稳定 (Guoyu '不定' 2)
3. bùdìng adjective unsuccessful
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不成 (Guoyu '不定' 2)

Contained in

• 不定形 indeterminate form
• 保不定 more likely than not; quite possible; on the cards
• 举棋不定(舉棋不定) to hesitate over what move to make; to waver; to shilly-shally
• 争论不定(爭論不定) not able to agree
• 不定过去(不定過去) aorist
• 不定元 indeterminate element
• 不定代名词(不定代名詞) an indefinite pronoun
• 游移不定 to oscillate without pause; to fluctuate; (of thoughts) to wander; to waver
• 把持不定 indecisive
• 说不定(說不定) can't say for sure; maybe
• 心神不定 not paying full attention to
• 不定期 non-scheduled; irregularly
• 不定式 infinitive
• 不定积分(不定積分) indefinite integral (math.)
• 不定冠词(不定冠詞) an indefinite article
• 不定词(不定詞) infinitive
• 不定方程 indeterminate equation
• 摇摆不定(搖擺不定) indecisive; wavering
• 飘忽不定(飄忽不定) to drift without a resting place; roving; errant; vagrant; erratic

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不定过去时

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• 卷四十八 賈誼傳 Volume 48: Jia Yi Book of Han 漢書 — count: 3
• 卷五十 志第三十: 刑法 Volume 50 Treatises 30: Punishment and Law Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 3
• 卷二　俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 3
• 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
• 匡君大匡第十八 Chapter 18: Correcting a Ruler from Making a Grave Error Guanzi 管子 — count: 3
• 卷十八　趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 3
• 卷三十一 Scroll 31 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
• 《循吏列傳》 Biographies of Upright Officials Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 2
• 第三十七回 Chapter 37 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 2
• 卷一百四十四 志第九十七 儀衞二 Volume 144 Treatises 97: Ceremonial Guards 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 2

Collocations

• 久不定 (久不定) 議久不定 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十八 蕭望之傳 Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi — count: 5
• 议不定 (議不定) 積年議不定 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷14　志第9　音樂中 Volume 14 Treatises 9: Music 2 — count: 4
• 制不定 (製不定) 制不定 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 2 — count: 4
• 定不定 (定不定) 罪定不定 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 社稷不定 (社稷不定) 則社稷不定 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君大匡第十八 Chapter 18: Correcting a Ruler from Making a Grave Error — count: 3
• 弥日不定 (彌日不定) 計議彌日不定 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十六 列傳第六 趙倫之 Volume 46 Biographies 6: Zhao Lunzhi — count: 3
• 行不定 (行不定) 次行不定 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《循吏列傳》 Biographies of Upright Officials — count: 2
• 位不定 (位不定) 而世子之位不定 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷三 建本 Chapter 3: Building a Foundation — count: 2
• 非礼不定 (非禮不定) 非禮不定 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 2
• 年不定 (年不定) 彌年不定 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十三 李杜列傳 Volume 63: Biographies of Li, Du — count: 2