非
得

(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must in Chinese: 非得 (fēi děi)

fēi děi

(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must

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非
得

Zhuyin

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ㄈㄟ

fēi

ㄈ/ fㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

ㄉㄟˇ

děi

ㄉ/ dㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 这件事你非得亲自去做不可。

    zhè jiàn shì nǐ fēi děi qīn zì qù zuò bù kě。

    You simply must do this yourself.

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Related words

得

dé

to obtain

非

fēi

to not be

非常

fēi cháng

very

觉得

jué de

to think that ...

记得

jì de

to remember

得意

dé yì

proud of oneself

获得

huò dé

to obtain

值得

zhí de

to be worth

除非

chú fēi

only if (..., or otherwise, ...)

显得

xiǎn de

to seem

得到

dé dào

to get

得出

dé chū

to obtain (a result)

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