万一 … 怎么办? (what if)
Plan for the one-percent case
- just in case万一 … what's to be done怎么办？ = "what if …? (an unlikely but worrying case)".
- just in case万一to rain下雨what's to be done怎么办？ = "what if it rains?"
- just in case万一 = "in case / just in case (the worst happens)".
just in case万一 … ，what's to be done怎么办 ？
- just in case万一 raises a small-chance but worrying possibility.
what if万一rain下雨what to do怎么办？
- just in case万一to rain下雨what's to be done怎么办？ = "what if it rains?"
Explore
Correct or broken?
万一 braces for the unlikely-but-bad case — usually ending in 怎么办 or a precaution.
Practice
What if it rains? ____ 下雨怎么办?
万一 … 怎么办? = what if …?: 万一下雨怎么办?
Practice
万一 expresses a “just in case” worry.
Yes — an unlikely but worrying case.
Recap
Key idea
- just in case万一 … ，what's to be done怎么办? — "what if …? (just in case)"
- just in case万一to rain下雨what's to be done怎么办? · just in case万一to lose丢(completed / change)了(and …? / softener)呢?
- just in case万一 = an unlikely but worrying case
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — "If" statements.
Practice
万一 raises a possibility that is…
万一 = “just in case (the worst)”: 万一丢了呢?