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Surely in Chinese

surely · HSK 3

一定 yī dìng

  1. 一 yī one
  2. 定 dìng to fix

明天我一定来。 I'll definitely come tomorrow.

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Other ways to say surely

More words with 一 or 定

How do you say surely in Chinese?

Surely in Chinese is 一定 (yī dìng). You can also say 肯定 (kěn dìng), 必 (bì), 定 (dìng), 保管 (bǎo guǎn).

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?

The CC-CEDICT 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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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.