HEYGOW ASMR

Being noncommittal

10 phrases
HD
shuōbudìng.
说不定。
ENyou never know
HD
wǒ bú quèdìng.
我不确定。
ENI'm not sure
HD
kàn qíngkuàng ba.
看情况吧。
ENit depends
HD
yǒu kěnéng.
有可能。
ENpossibly
HD
bù hǎo shuō.
不好说。
ENhard to say
HD
zài kànkan ba.
再看看吧。
ENlet's wait and see
HD
chàbuduō ba.
差不多吧。
ENmore or less
HD
yīnggāi shì ba.
应该是吧。
ENI suppose so
HD
wǒ bú tài qīngchu.
我不太清楚。
ENI don't really know
HD
shéi zhīdào ne.
谁知道呢。
ENwho knows

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.