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必要

bì yào

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

必要 (bì yào) means "necessary". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 必要 means

1. necessary
2. essential
3. indispensable
4. required

The characters in 必要

• 必bìcertainly; must; will
• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should

Example sentences

• 没必要担心。
  There's no reason to be alarmed.
• 我们没必要急。
  We didn't need to hurry.
• 他没必要洗车。
  He doesn't have to wash the car.
• 没有必要道歉。
  There's no need to apologize.
• 没有必要着急。
  There's no need to hurry.
• 你有必要了解。
  You need to know.

Words starting with 必要

• 必要性bì yào xìngnecessity
• 必要条件bì yào tiáo jiànrequirement; necessary condition (math)

Words containing 必要

• 不必要bù bì yàoneedless; unnecessary
• 非必要fēi bì yàoinessential; unnecessary

Where 必要 is taught

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

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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