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  • adv.not necessarily so; not sure

    • jí shǐ nǐ fēi cháng cōng ming xué yè chéng jì yě bù yī dìng jiù yōu xiù

      即使非常聪明学业成绩不一定优秀

      It doesn't necessarily follow that you're going to do well academically even if you're highly intelligent.

    • zhè huà fǎn guò lai shuō jiù bù yī dìng duì

      反过来不一定

      The converse of this statement may not be true.

    • wǒ bù yī dìng qù zhè yào kàn wǒ lèi bu lèi

      不一定

      I might not go. It depends how tired I am.

    • gēn tóng líng rén jí péng you zài yī qǐ bù yī dìng néng xiāo chú zhè zhǒng gū dú gǎn

      同龄人朋友一起不一定消除这种孤独

      Being with peers and friends does not necessarily solve this feeling of loneliness.

Word usage

  • Note
    "不一定" is different from "不见得". "不一定" means both subjective estimation and objective uncertainty; "不见得" represents only subjective estimation.