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不定

bù dìng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

不定 (bù dìng) means "indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不定 means

1. indefinite
2. indeterminate
3. (botany) adventitious

The characters in 不定

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…

Words starting with 不定

• 不定方程bù dìng fāng chéng(math) indeterminate equation
• 不定期bù dìng qīnon-scheduled; irregularly
• 不定式bù dìng shìinfinitive (grammar)
• 不定元bù dìng yuánindeterminate element (math.), often denoted by x
• 不定形bù dìng xíngindeterminate form
• 不定积分bù dìng jī fēnindefinite integral (math.)
• 不定词bù dìng cíinfinitive

Words containing 不定

• 说不定shuō bu dìngcan't say for sure; maybe
• 摇摆不定yáo bǎi bù dìngindecisive; wavering
• 保不定bǎo bù dìngmore likely than not; quite possible; on the cards
• 把持不定bǎ chí bù dìngindecisive (idiom)
• 游移不定yóu yí bù dìngto oscillate without pause (idiom); to fluctuate; (of thoughts) to wander

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