kaox0018 Posted April 20, 2009 at 12:50 AM Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 at 12:50 AM how would you say something like "he'll get married eventually." or "she'll be here sooner or later." I was thinking about the words i've found through the dictionary like 必然, 遲早, 早晚 since i've never seen these used in context, i dont know how to use them. I am guessing "他早晚會結婚" "她早晚會來." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch_X_En Posted April 20, 2009 at 01:28 AM Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 at 01:28 AM there is almost no difference between "迟早" 和 “早晚”， that means you can use “迟早” wherever “早晚” is used. 必然 means "must", "definitely", etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch_X_En Posted April 20, 2009 at 02:12 AM Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 at 02:12 AM for the first sentence, we can say "他终归会结婚" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashiriKata Posted April 20, 2009 at 07:20 AM Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 at 07:20 AM Some other alternatives for "eventually": 终于，最终 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted April 20, 2009 at 07:40 AM Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 at 07:40 AM Am I the only one who thinks that there should be a 的 if the phrase is at the end of a sentence? For the marriage sentence, I think “他總是會結婚的" is also ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guoke Posted April 20, 2009 at 08:36 AM Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 at 08:36 AM 他终究是要结婚的。 他最后还是会结婚的。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaox0018 Posted May 2, 2009 at 03:48 PM Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 at 03:48 PM hmm a lot of choices and none of them are the ones i found in the dictionary. if i was to memorize just one or two choices, which would be the most common one found in spoken chinese? 终归? 終究? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guoke Posted May 2, 2009 at 04:28 PM Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 at 04:28 PM Google search: about 1,400,000 for 终归 about 7,540,000 for 终究 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaox0018 Posted May 2, 2009 at 11:31 PM Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 at 11:31 PM hmm never thought of using google to figure that out. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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