必

Certainly in Chinese: 必 (bì)

bì

certainly

HSK 3.0 Level 51 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1certainly
  2. 2must
  3. 3will
  4. 4necessarily

Stroke order

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必

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄧˋ

bì

ㄅ/ bㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 想要成功，必先付出努力。

    xiǎng yào chéng gōng， bì xiān fù chū nǔ lì。

    To succeed, one must first put in effort.

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Related words

必须

bì xū

to have to

必然

bì rán

inevitable

必需

bì xū

to need

必要

bì yào

necessary

不必

bù bì

need not

何必

hé bì

there is no need

未必

wèi bì

not necessarily

必将

bì jiāng

inevitably

必修

bì xiū

(of an academic course) required

必定

bì dìng

to be bound to

势必

shì bì

to be bound to

务必

wù bì

must

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