There is not much possibility of his coming on time.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
十有八九
most likely
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
most likely
02
mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
03
vast majority
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 十有八九 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 十有八九 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Ten to one they'll miss the train.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 十有八九.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 十有八九.
Directly before
- 他十有八九2
- 他们十有八九1
Directly after
- 十有八九要1
- 十有八九会1
- 十有八九不会1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 十有八九
What does 十有八九 mean in Chinese?
十有八九 (shíyǒubājiǔ) means most likely.
How do you pronounce 十有八九?
十有八九 is pronounced shíyǒubājiǔ.
Is 十有八九 an HSK word?
十有八九 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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