容易 | róng yì | easy / likely / liable (to) | |
大半 | dà bàn | more than half / greater part / most / probably / most likely | |
只怕 | zhǐ pà | I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe / very likely | |
多半 | duō bàn | most / mostly / most likely | |
易于 | yì yú | very likely / prone to | |
不见得 | bù jiàn de | not necessarily / not likely | |
八成 | bā chéng | eighty percent / most probably / most likely | |
依稀 | yī xī | vaguely / dimly / probably / very likely | |
不致 | bù zhì | not in such a way as to / not likely to | |
会 | huì | can (i.e. have the skill, know how to) / likely to / sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / union / group / association / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3]) | |
十有八九 | shí yǒu bā jiǔ | most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority | |
有戏 | yǒu xì | (coll.) promising / likely to turn out well | |
保不住 | bǎo bu zhù | cannot maintain (sth) / unable to keep / more likely than not / may well | |
十之八九 | shí zhī bā jiǔ | most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority | |
保不齐 | bǎo bu qí | more likely than not / quite possible / on the cards | |
保不定 | bǎo bù dìng | more likely than not / quite possible / on the cards | |
有边儿 | yǒu biān r | to be likely or possible / to begin to take shape / to be likely to succeed | |
横是 | héng shi | probably / most likely | |
碰瓷 | pèng cí | (coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car) | |
有搞头 | yǒu gǎo tou | (coll.) worthwhile / likely to be fruitful |