<ul>
<li><p>'说不好' is a variant of '说不定' (can't state with certainty= <strong>may be</strong>)</p>
</li>
<li><p>'比起' means 'compare to'</p>
</li>
<li><p>'也' in this context means 'even'</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>&quot;说不好比起 C 也&quot; = &quot;May be even(?) compare to C&quot;</p>
<p><em>It is an incomplete sentence, we don't know what quality is being compared between B and C</em></p>
<p>The following would be a complete sentence:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>&quot;[<strong>说不好</strong>]比起 C 也好不了多少&quot; - &quot;[<strong>May</strong>] not even [<strong>be</strong>] any better  compare to C&quot;</p>
<p>好不了多少= not even any better</p>
</blockquote>

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Tang Ho
<p>should add a comma: 说不好, 比起C....</p>

<p>比起：compare to/with</p>

<p>说不好=不好说 means "it's hard to tell". </p>

<p>I figure the implication here is the speaker is hard to tell the differences between A and C; he may be able to identify the differences but not knowing how to tell/describe them, or just simply unable to identify any.</p>

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dan
<p>I saw this on a reviewer's video, but I'm not sure if I understand the meaning or how you would parse it in English?</p>

<p>I didn't catch everything the speaker said but I remember;</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>说不好比起[name of character C]也</p>
</blockquote>

<p>From context it seems like the speaker was comparing someone he's recently met (A) to two others (B and C), he said A was not like B, and then he says A is "说不好比起[name of character C]也".</p>

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What does the phrase "说不好比起~" mean?
# What does the phrase "说不好比起~" mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-09)

I saw this on a reviewer's video, but I'm not sure if I understand the meaning or how you would parse it in English?

I didn't catch everything the speaker said but I remember;

> 说不好比起[name of character C]也

From context it seems like the speaker was comparing someone he's recently met (A) to two others (B and C), he said A was not like B, and then he says A is "说不好比起[name of character C]也".

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-08-09. Score: 1

* '说不好' is a variant of '说不定' (can't state with certainty= **may be**)
* '比起' means 'compare to'
* '也' in this context means 'even'

"说不好比起 C 也" = "May be even(?) compare to C"

*It is an incomplete sentence, we don't know what quality is being compared between B and C*

The following would be a complete sentence:

> "[**说不好**]比起 C 也好不了多少" - "[**May**] not even [**be**] any better compare to C"
>
> 好不了多少= not even any better


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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-08-10. Score: 0

should add a comma: 说不好, 比起C....

比起：compare to/with

说不好=不好说 means "it's hard to tell".

I figure the implication here is the speaker is hard to tell the differences between A and C; he may be able to identify the differences but not knowing how to tell/describe them, or just simply unable to identify any.


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