What 不见得 means
- not necessarily
- not likely
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What does 不见得 mean in English?
不见得 is pronounced bújiàndé and means not necessarily, not likely.
How do you pronounce 不见得?
不见得 is bújiàndé in pinyin — written bujiande without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 不见得?
不见得 is written with 3 characters: 不 (bù) No (not), 见 (jiàn) See (meet - visible - appear), 得 (dé / děi / de) Get; Have to (need). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 不见得 written in traditional Chinese?
不見得. The simplified form 不见得 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 不見得 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced bújiàndé.
Is 不见得 an HSK word?
Yes — 不见得 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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