不
一
定

Not necessarily in Chinese: 不一定 (bù yī dìng)

bù yī dìng

not necessarily

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Definitions

  1. 1not necessarily
  2. 2maybe

Stroke order

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不
一
定

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧ

yī

ㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄉㄧㄥˋ

dìng

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 明天不一定会下雨。

    míng tiān bù yí dìng huì xià yǔ。

    It won't necessarily rain tomorrow.

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Related words

不

bù

no

一

yī

one

定

dìng

to set

第一

dì yī

first

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

决定

jué dìng

to decide (to do something)

一般

yī bān

same

一边

yī biān

one side

一定

yī dìng

surely

一共

yī gòng

altogether

一样

yī yàng

same

一直

yī zhí

straight (in a straight line)

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