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"be sure" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
确定 確定 què dìng definite / certain / fixed / to fix (on sth) / to determine / to be sure / to ensure / to make certain / to ascertain / to clinch / to recognize / to confirm / OK (on computer dialog box) syn
保险 保險 bǎo xiǎn insurance / to insure / safe / secure / be sure / be bound to / CL:份[fen4] syn
确信 確信 què xìn to be convinced / to be sure / to firmly believe / to be positive that / definite news syn
见得 見得 jiàn dé to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure
满有谱 滿有譜 mǎn yǒu pǔ to have a clearcut idea / to have firm guidelines / to have confidence / to be sure / to be certain
Chinese Pinyin Translation
会 會 huì can / to have the skill / to know how to / to be likely to / to be sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / (suffix) union / group / association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) syn
说不定 說不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure / maybe syn
把握 bǎ wò to grasp (also fig.) / to seize / to hold / assurance / certainty / sure (of the outcome) syn
果然 guǒ rán really / sure enough / as expected / if indeed syn
没错 沒錯 méi cuò that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong syn
无疑 無疑 wú yí undoubtedly / without doubt / for sure syn
必定 bì dìng to be bound to / to be sure to syn
务必 務必 wù bì must / to need to / to be sure to syn
胜算 勝算 shèng suàn odds of success / stratagem that ensures success / to be sure of success
果真 guǒ zhēn really / as expected / sure enough / if indeed... / if it's really... syn
不痛不痒 不痛不癢 bù tòng bù yǎng lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom) / sth is wrong, but not quite sure what / fig. not getting to any matter of substance / scratching the surface / superficial / perfunctory syn
准保 準保 zhǔn bǎo certainly / for sure syn
切切 qiè qiè urgently / eagerly / worried / (urge sb to) be sure to / it is absolutely essential to (follow the above instruction) syn
切莫 qiè mò you must not / Please don't... / be sure not to / on no account (do it) syn
朝不保夕 zhāo bù bǎo xī at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth syn
看准 看準 kàn zhǔn to observe and make sure / to check
认准 認準 rèn zhǔn to identify clearly / to make sure of / to believe firmly
料定 liào dìng certain / to know for sure
后会有期 後會有期 hòu huì yǒu qī I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom) / Hope to see you again. syn
固 gù hard / strong / solid / sure / assuredly / undoubtedly / of course / indeed / admittedly syn
朝不虑夕 朝不慮夕 zhāo bù lǜ xī at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth
稳拿 穩拿 wěn ná a sure gain / sth one is sure to obtain
安如磐石 ān rú pán shí as solid as rock (idiom) / as sure as houses
不好说 不好說 bù hǎo shuō hard to say / can't be sure / difficult to speak about / unpleasant to say
不见不散 不見不散 bù jiàn bù sàn lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there!
敲钉钻脚 敲釘鑽腳 qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo to make doubly sure (idiom)
管取 guǎn qǔ sure
万安 萬安 wàn ān completely secure / a sure thing / rest assured
虎父无犬子 虎父無犬子 hǔ fù wú quǎn zǐ lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific) / With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well. / like father, like son
誙 kēng (arch.) definitely / sure!
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年 黃鼠狼給雞拜年 huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
左券 zuǒ quàn a sure thing / a certainty / copy of a contract held by a creditor syn
不见兔子不撒鹰 不見兔子不撒鷹 bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom) / one doesn't act before one is sure to succeed
何以见得 何以見得 hé yǐ jiàn dé how can one be sure?
未必见得 未必見得 wèi bì jiàn dé not necessarily / that's not sure
应该的 應該的 yīng gāi de you're most welcome / sure thing! / I did what I was supposed to do
二虎相斗，必有一伤 二虎相鬥，必有一傷 èr hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom) / fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
煮熟的鸭子飞了 煮熟的鴨子飛了 zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi le the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers
没准 沒準 méi zhǔn not sure / maybe syn
必死无疑 必死無疑 bì sǐ wú yí will die for sure / to be a goner
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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