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必

bì

HSK 3 Character

What 必 means

1. certainly
2. must
3. will
4. necessarily

Example sentences

• 必须的！
  Definitely!
• 分秒必争。
  Fēnmiǎobìzhēng.
  Every minute counts.
• 不必在意。
  Forget it.
• 骄兵必败。
  Pride goes before a fall.
• 你必须走。
  You must leave.
• 你不必吃。
  You don't have to eat it.

Words starting with 必

• 必须bì xūto have to; must; compulsory
• 必要bì yàonecessary; essential; indispensable
• 必然bì ráninevitable; certain; necessity
• 必需bì xūto need; to require; essential
• 必定bì dìngto be bound to; to be sure to
• 必将bì jiānginevitably
• 必备bì bèiessential
• 必不可少bì bù kě shǎoabsolutely necessary; indispensable; essential
• 必胜bì shèngto be certain of victory; to be bound to prevail
• 必要性bì yào xìngnecessity
• 必修课bì xiū kèrequired course; compulsory course
• 必要条件bì yào tiáo jiànrequirement; necessary condition (math)
• 必得bì děimust; have to
• 必修bì xiū(of an academic course) required; compulsory
• 必经之路bì jīng zhī lù(idiom) the road one must follow; the only way
• 必需品bì xū pǐnnecessity; essential (thing)
• 必应Bì yìngBing (search engine)
• 必经bì jīngunavoidable; the only (road, entrance etc)
• 必然结果bì rán jié guǒinevitable outcome; inescapable consequence
• 必有重谢bì yǒu zhòng xiè(we) will be very grateful (if ...)
• 必杀技bì shā jì(gaming or wrestling) finishing move; finisher
• 必然王国bì rán wáng guórealm of necessity (philosophy)
• 必死无疑bì sǐ wú yíwill die for sure; to be a goner
• 必胜客Bì shèng KèPizza Hut

Words containing 必

• 不必bù bìneed not; does not have to; not necessarily
• 未必wèi bìnot necessarily; maybe not
• 何必hé bìthere is no need; why should
• 务必wù bìmust; to need to; to be sure to
• 势必shì bìto be bound to; undoubtedly will
• 想必xiǎng bìpresumably; probably; in all likelihood
• 大可不必dà kě bù bìneed not; unnecessary
• 忽必烈Hū bì lièKhubilai Khan (1215-1294), grandson of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗, first Yuan dynasty emperor…
• 势在必行shì zài bì xíngcircumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary; imperative
• 有求必应yǒu qiú bì yìngto grant whatever is asked for; to accede to every plea
• 生活必需品shēng huó bì xū pǐnlife's necessities
• 董必武Dǒng Bì wǔDong Biwu (1886-1975), one of the founders of the Chinese communist party
• 不必要bù bì yàoneedless; unnecessary
• 非必要fēi bì yàoinessential; unnecessary
• 非必需fēi bì xūinessential
• 自不必说zì bù bì shuō(idiom) needless to say; it goes without saying
• 罗必达法则Luó bì dá fǎ zéL'Hôpital's rule (math.) (Tw)
• 未必见得wèi bì jiàn dénot necessarily; that's not sure
• 言多必失yán duō bì shīif you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom)
• 物极必反wù jí bì fǎnwhen things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)
• 势在必得shì zài bì déto be determined to win (idiom)
• 洛必达法则Luò bì dá fǎ zéL'Hôpital's rule (math.)
• 苏必利尔湖Sū bì lì ěr HúLake Superior, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
• 分秒必争fēn miǎo bì zhēngseize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose; every moment counts

Characters that look like 必

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 击jīto hit; to strike; to break
• 册cèbook; booklet; classifier for books
• 曲qǔtune; song
• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing
• 讼sònglitigation

Sounds the same

Read bì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 毕the whole of; to finish; to complete
• 避to avoid; to shun; to flee
• 闭to close; to stop up; to shut
• 币money; coins; currency
• 壁wall; rampart
• 庇to protect; cover; shelter
• 臂arm
• 蔽to cover; to shield; to screen
• 弊detriment; fraud; harm
• 痹paralysis; numbness
• 碧green jade; bluish green; blue
• 璧jade annulus