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必须

bì xū

HSK 3 2-character word Traditional 必須

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