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Speculation and Hypotheticals

Phrases for guessing and supposing.
假设...
Suppose that ...
jiǎshè ...
如果...会怎样?
What if ...?
rúguǒ ... huì zěnyàng?
我假定...
I assume that ...
wǒ jiǎdìng ...
有可能是...
It could be that ...
yǒu kěnéng shì ...
从理论上来说...
In theory ...
cóng lǐlùn shàng lái shuō ...
让我们假设...
Let us assume that ...
ràng wǒmen jiǎshè ...
如果是那样的话...
If that were the case then ...
rúguǒ shì nàyàng de huà ...
这很难说
That is hard to say
zhè hěn nán shuō
我猜...
I would guess that ...
wǒ cāi ...
有可能...
There is a chance that ...
yǒu kěnéng ...
看起来...
It seems that ...
kànqǐlái ...
这有待观察
That remains to be seen
zhè yǒudài guānchá