Chinese symbol for “irregularly”

不定期

bù dìng qī

non-scheduled; irregularly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for irregularly is 不定期 (bù dìng qī), defined as: non-scheduled; irregularly.

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Characters and stroke order

不 bù

no, not, un-; negative prefix

radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes

定 dìng

to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure

radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

期 qī

a period of time; date, time; phase

radical 74 ⽉ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “irregularly”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
伄儅	diào dāng	seldom; irregularly

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不定期.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不是	bù shì	no; is not
不能	bù néng	cannot; must not
不会 (不會)	bù huì	improbable; unlikely
不过 (不過)	bù guò	only; merely
不同	bù tóng	different; distinct
决定 (決定)	jué dìng	to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng))
一定	yī dìng	surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
规定 (規定)	guī dìng	to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
时期 (時期)	shí qī	period; phase

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.