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说不定

shuō bu dìng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 3-character word Traditional 說不定

说不定 (shuō bu dìng) means "maybe; perhaps (can't say for sure)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 说不定 means

1. can't say for sure
2. maybe

The characters in 说不定

• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…

Where 说不定 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Chance, Fortune & Luck (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shuō bu dìng correctly.
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