不定期

búdìngqī

adjective

Meanings

1 non-scheduled
2 irregular (timing)
3 at irregular intervals

Characters

Examples

我们不定期举办读书会。

Wǒmen búdìngqī jǔbàn dúshūhuì.

We hold book-club meetings on an irregular schedule.

这份杂志是不定期出版的。

Zhè fèn zázhì shì búdìngqī chūbǎn de.

This magazine is published on an irregular basis.

Tips

grammar

Antonym pair: 定期 (regularly scheduled) vs. 不定期 (irregular). Functions adverbially without 地 in most uses — 不定期举办, 不定期出版. Tone sandhi: 不 becomes bú before the fourth-tone 定.

Stroke Order

不 bù

定 dìng

期 qī