Expressing "I bet" using "liang"

In spoken Chinese, the equivalent of "I bet", as in "I bet he won't come", is to use 谅.

Structure

Using 凉 this way is a little tricky. The closest English equivalent is "I bet“. similar to that word, 谅 also means "I think", "I expect", "I believe" or even "I bet". Usually the speaker uses 谅 this way in the first person （我）.More often than not, 谅 is used with a 不　or 没.

谅 + Subject + verb phrase

Examples

• 谅 他 也 都 不敢！
• 小王 昨天 晚上 很 晚 睡觉，我 谅 他 还 没有 起床。
• 我 谅 你 也 不 敢 跟 那个 女的 讲话！

谅 is often used together with 也, as seen in the frist and third examples above.

Sources and further reading

Websites

entry for 谅

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