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不必

bù bì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

不必 (bù bì) means "need not". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 不必 means

1. need not
2. does not have to
3. not necessarily

The characters in 不必

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 必bìcertainly; must; will

Example sentences

• 不必在意。
  Forget it.
• 你不必吃。
  You don't have to eat it.

Words starting with 不必

• 不必要bù bì yàoneedless; unnecessary

Words containing 不必

• 大可不必dà kě bù bìneed not; unnecessary
• 自不必说zì bù bì shuō(idiom) needless to say; it goes without saying

Where 不必 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Necessity, Obligation & Avoidance (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù bì correctly.
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