HEYGOW

Being noncommittal

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说不定 and 不好说 both hedge, but in opposite directions: 说不定 leans towards "it might well happen", 不好说 towards "I'd rather not predict". 谁知道呢 - "who knows" - abandons the question altogether. This whole set is worth having because a confident wrong answer costs more than a vague one.