HSK 4 grammar · pattern
说不定
说不定 — maybe / perhaps
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
说不定 means the speaker isn't sure but thinks it quite possible — "maybe", "perhaps", "it could well be that". It can open the sentence or sit before the verb, often with a hopeful or speculative tone.
Examples
你再等等，他说不定就来了。
Nǐ zài děngděng, tā shuōbudìng jiù lái le.
Wait a bit longer; he may well show up.
说不定明天会放晴。
Shuōbudìng míngtiān huì fàngqíng.
Maybe it'll clear up tomorrow.
这本书说不定图书馆里有。
Zhè běn shū shuōbudìng túshūguǎn lǐ yǒu.
This book might well be in the library.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 说不定 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.