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The adverb 八成 "most likely"
The adverb 八成 "most likely"
Adverbs
Narrative structure
The adverb
八成
indicates that some action is most likely to be completed. It is placed either before a verb used as a predicate or an adjective. The modal verb
会
, which indicates the future tense, is often placed after 八成.
Pay attention
It is often used with the erization:
八成儿
.
Examples
它
八成
还会继续发生
It will most likely happen again
tā bāchéng hái huì jìxù fāshēng
我看这件事
八成儿
会惹他不开心
I think it will certainly make him miserable
wǒ kàn zhè jiàn shì bāchéngr huì rě tā bù kāixīn
我们
八成儿
太晚了
We’re probably already too late
wǒmen bāchéngr tài wǎn le
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Modal verbs with the meaning "to be able to, “can”, "may"
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