LEARN + CHINESE / 131 of 300 HSK 4
Perhaps 说不定
The train leaves in ten minutes. Can you still make it? 来得及 and 来不及 answer whether there’s enough time; 说不定 leaves the outcome open, and 一般来说 describes what’s usually true without promising that it always is.
明天说不定会下雨。
míngtiān shuōbudìng huì xiàyǔ。
It might rain tomorrow.
一般来说，冬天比夏天冷。
yìbān láishuō， dōngtiān bǐ xiàtiān lěng。
Generally speaking, winter is colder than summer.
我还来得及吗？
wǒ hái lái de jí ma？
Do I still have time?
来不及了。
lái bu jí le。
It’s too late.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
láidejí | there is still time |
láibují | too late to |
shuōbudìng | perhaps; maybe |
yībānláishuō | generally speaking |
yībān | general; ordinary |
xiàyǔ | to rain |
bùdìng | indefinite; hard to predict |
dōngtiān | winter |
xiàtiān | summer |
míngtiān | tomorrow |
tóu | to throw; cast; invest |
měinǚ | beauty; beautiful woman |
bùyīhuìr | in a moment |
yuèláiyuè | more and more |
kànqǐlái | looks like; it seems |
shíjìshàng | in fact; actually |
sǐ | to die; dead |
kànshàngqù | looks (like) |
yǒudeshì | have plenty of |
kànlái | it seems; apparently |
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