万一 … 怎么办? (what if)
Prepare for an unwelcome possibility
- A picnic group considers a backup plan for rain.
- 万一下雨怎么办？ — The speaker raises a possible problem and asks what to do.
Prepare for an unwelcome possibility
- A picnic group considers a backup plan for rain.
- just in case万一to rain下雨what's to be done怎么办？ — The speaker raises a possible problem and asks what to do.
A picnic group considers a backup plan for rain. What does 万一下雨怎么办？ communicate?
The speaker raises a possible problem and asks what to do. 万一 often frames a contingency worth preparing for. It does not mean exactly one chance in ten thousand or provide any numerical probability.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 万一 … 怎么办? (what if). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
what if万一rain下雨what to do怎么办？
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is just in case万一 … what's to be done怎么办? (what if). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
what if万一rain下雨what to do怎么办？
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: What if it rains? ____ 下雨怎么办?
万一 … 怎么办? = what if …?: 万一下雨怎么办?
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 万一下雨怎么办？: The speaker raises a possible problem and asks what to do.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, just in case万一to rain下雨what's to be done怎么办？: The speaker raises a possible problem and asks what to do.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
万一 raises a possibility that is…
万一 = “just in case (the worst)”: 万一丢了呢?
Know the boundary
- 万一 often frames a contingency worth preparing for.
- It does not mean exactly one chance in ten thousand or provide any numerical probability.
Know the boundary
- just in case万一 often frames a contingency worth preparing for.
- It does not mean exactly one chance in ten thousand or provide any numerical probability.
万一 expresses a “just in case” worry.
Yes — an unlikely but worrying case.
万一 gives an exact measured probability of rain.
万一 often frames a contingency worth preparing for. It does not mean exactly one chance in ten thousand or provide any numerical probability. The speaker raises a possible problem and asks what to do.
Use the distinction
- The speaker raises a possible problem and asks what to do.
- 万一 often frames a contingency worth preparing for. It does not mean exactly one chance in ten thousand or provide any numerical probability.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — "If" statements.
Use the distinction
- The speaker raises a possible problem and asks what to do.
- just in case万一 often frames a contingency worth preparing for. It does not mean exactly one chance in ten thousand or provide any numerical probability.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — "If" statements.