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何必

hé bì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

何必 (hé bì) means "there is no need; why should". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 何必 means

1. there is no need
2. why should

The characters in 何必

• 何héwhat; how; why
• 必bìcertainly; must; will

Words containing 何必

• 早知今日何必当初zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chūif I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not…
• 既有今日何必当初jì yǒu jīn rì hé bì dāng chūsee 早知今日何必当初

Sounds the same

Read hé bì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 合璧to match harmoniously

Where 何必 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 hé bì correctly.
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