说不定
shuō bu dìngㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨ˙ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: THUYẾT BẤT ĐỊNH
Traditional: 說不定
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 4
Meaning(verb)
can't say for sure; maybe
Close to 也许, 可能 but more colloquial.
Examples
说不定他已经到了。
shuō bú dìng tā yǐ jīng dào le.
Maybe he's already arrived.
带把伞吧,说不定会下雨。
dài bǎ sǎn ba, shuō bú dìng huì xià yǔ.
Take an umbrella, it might rain.
他什么时候回来还说不定。
tā shén me shí hòu huí lái hái shuō bú dìng.
It's hard to say when he'll be back.
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Stroke order
THUYẾT · 9 strokes
to persuade
BẤT · 4 strokes
no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
ĐỊNH · 8 strokes
to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order
Related words
- 说话 shuō huà — to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- 说明 shuō míng — to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption
- 小说 xiǎo shuō — novel; fiction
- 传说 chuán shuō — legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- 据说 jù shuō — it is said that; reportedly
- 说服 shuō fú — to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shuì fú]
- 胡说 hú shuō — to talk nonsense; drivel
- 解说员 jiě shuō yuán — commentator