不见得

不见得 bùjiànde in a sentence

Not necessarily; not likely†

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 2 sentences

不见得 (bùjiànde) means Not necessarily, not likely †. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他明天 不见得 会来。

Tā míngtiān bújiàndé huì lái.

He will not necessarily come tomorrow.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不见得

贵的 不见得 就是好的。

Guì de bújiàndé jiù shì hǎo de.

Expensive is not necessarily good.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不见得

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This page shows 2 sentences using 不见得 (bùjiànde, "Not necessarily, not likely †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 不见得 an HSK word?

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