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必须

bì xū

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 必須

必须 (bì xū) means "to have to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 必须 means

1. to have to
2. must
3. compulsory
4. necessarily

The characters in 必须

• 必bìcertainly; must; will
• 须xūmust; to have to; to wait

Example sentences

• 必须的！
  Definitely!
• 你必须走。
  You must leave.
• 这必须改。
  This must be changed.
• 我必须赢。
  I have to win.
• 你必须选。
  You have to choose.
• 我必须去睡了
  Wǒ bìxū qù shuì le
  I should go to bed.

Sounds the same

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

• 必需to need; to require; essential

Where 必须 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Stance Adverbs & Evaluative Words (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bì xū correctly.
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