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Necessary in Chinese: 必要 (bì yào)

bì yào

necessary

HSK 3.0 Level 32 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1necessary
  2. 2essential
  3. 3indispensable
  4. 4required

Stroke order

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必
要

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄧˋ

bì

ㄅ/ bㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧㄠˋ

yào

ㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 没必要担心。

    méi bì yào dān xīn。

    There's no reason to be alarmed.

  • 我们没必要急。

    wǒ men méi bì yào jí。

    We didn't need to hurry.

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Related words

要

yào

to want

必

bì

certainly

必须

bì xū

to have to

需要

xū yào

to need

要求

yāo qiú

to request

重要

zhòng yào

important

主要

zhǔ yào

main

只要

zhǐ yào

if only

必然

bì rán

inevitable

必需

bì xū

to need

不必

bù bì

need not

次要

cì yào

secondary

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