说
不
定

Can't say for sure in Chinese: 说不定 (shuō bu dìng)

shuō bu dìng

can't say for sure

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 說不定2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1can't say for sure
  2. 2maybe

Stroke order

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说
不
定

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄨㄛ

shuō

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

˙ㄅㄨ

bu

˙/ neutral toneㄅ/ bㄨ/ u

ㄉㄧㄥˋ

dìng

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

说不定

Simplified

說不定

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 谁能赢这场比赛还说不定。

    shuí néng yíng zhè chǎng bǐ sài hái shuō bú dìng。

    It's still not certain who's going to win this match.

  • 我一个月没见到小王了，他说不定已经回国了。

    wǒ yí gè yuè méi jiàn dào xiǎo wáng le， tā shuō bú dìng yǐ jīng huí guó le。

    I haven't seen Xiaowang for a month now; perhaps he's already gone back to his own country.

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Related words

不

bù

no

说

shuō

to speak

定

dìng

to set

说话

shuō huà

to speak

决定

jué dìng

to decide (to do something)

一定

yī dìng

surely

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

规定

guī dìng

to stipulate

肯定

kěn dìng

to be certain

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