Doubt
How do you express doubt in Chinese, as in: "I doubt it will work", or "I doubt it's a good idea"?

Thank you!

Question

Doubt
How do you express doubt in Chinese, as in: "I doubt it will work", or "I doubt it's a good idea"?

Thank you!

Answer

Well doubt means 怀疑 in Chinese, so the first sentence is 我怀疑它不能起作用/工作，the second one is 我怀疑这不是个好主意。

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我不确定这行部行

Answer

他们是直接翻译英语，我们要有中国味。
就如xiaolingzi说的，口语在这个情况不用怀疑。
第一句，我不知道它行不行。
第二句，我不知道它是不是好主意。

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so the first answer was wrong. YY

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Actually the expression is very similar with that in English - normally you can do direct translation. The two sentences in you question can be translated to:

- 我怀疑它能工作/起作用
- 我怀疑它是个好主意