未
必

Not necessarily in Chinese: 未必 (wèi bì)

wèi bì

not necessarily

HSK 3.0 Level 42 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1not necessarily
  2. 2maybe not

Stroke order

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未
必

Zhuyin

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ㄨㄟˋ

wèi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄅㄧˋ

bì

ㄅ/ bㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 我看未必。

    wǒ kàn wèi bì。

    We don't think so.

  • 外表未必可信。

    wài biǎo wèi bì kě xìn。

    Appearances are deceiving.

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Related words

必

bì

certainly

未

wèi

not yet

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

未来

wèi lái

future

必将

bì jiāng

inevitably

必修

bì xiū

(of an academic course) required

必定

bì dìng

to be bound to

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