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必

There is no need in Chinese: 何必 (hé bì)

hé bì

there is no need

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1there is no need
  2. 2why should

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何
必

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄜˊ

hé

ㄏ/ hㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

ㄅㄧˋ

bì

ㄅ/ bㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这么小的事，你何必这么生气？

    zhè me xiǎo de shì， nǐ hé bì zhè me shēng qì？

    It's such a small matter, why should you be so angry?

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Related words

必

bì

certainly

必须

bì xū

to have to

任何

rèn hé

any

必然

bì rán

inevitable

必需

bì xū

to need

必要

bì yào

necessary

不必

bù bì

need not

何况

hé kuàng

let alone

如何

rú hé

how

未必

wèi bì

not necessarily

必将

bì jiāng

inevitably

必修

bì xiū

(of an academic course) required

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