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未必

wèi bì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

未必 (wèi bì) means "not necessarily". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 未必 means

1. not necessarily
2. maybe not

The characters in 未必

• 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
• 必bìcertainly; must; will

Example sentences

• 我看未必。
  We don't think so.
• 外表未必可信。
  Wàibiǎo wèibì kěxìn.
  Appearances are deceiving.
• 这些资料未必可靠。
  It is questionable whether this data can be relied on.
• 这项工作未必容易。
  This work is not necessarily easy.
• 发光的未必都是金子。
  Fāguāng de wèibì dōu shì jīnzi.
  All that glitters is not gold.
• 有钱人未必比穷人幸福。
  Yǒuqiánrén wèibì bǐ qióngrén xìngfú.
  The rich are not always happier than the poor.

Words starting with 未必

• 未必见得wèi bì jiàn dénot necessarily; that's not sure

Words containing 未必

• 空穴来风未必无因kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīnwind does not come from an empty cave without reason…
• 小时了了，大未必佳xiǎo shí liǎo liǎo , dà wèi bì jiābeing bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb)

Where 未必 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Chance, Fortune & Luck (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 wèi bì correctly.
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