Certain in Chinese
certain · HSK 5
必然
- 必 certainly
- 然 right
努力学习必然会有进步。 Studying hard will inevitably bring progress.
Other ways to say certain
More words with 必 or 然
How do you say certain in Chinese?
Certain in Chinese is 必然 (bì rán). You can also say 某 (mǒu), 一定 (yī dìng), 确定 (què dìng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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