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必须 bìxū

必须 bìxū Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 必须 bìxū .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bìxū | bi4 xu1
English translation
to have to
must
compulsory
necessarily

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About 必须 bìxū

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Traditional form

必須

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 必须 bìxū

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Explanation

Pictograph of a weapon, now written as . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

心丿

Number of Strokes

5

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of . Pictograph of a person with a bearded face. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. In simplified Chinese is also used to mean "beard", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character .

Positional decomposition

彡页

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 必须 bìxū

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必须 bìxū Qián cún zài 银行 yínháng .

You must deposit the money in a bank.

必须 bìxū tuō diào 这些 zhè xiē 湿 shī 衣服 yīfu ,然后 ránhòu lái bēi gān 提尼.

I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini.

我们 wǒmen zhè zuò 房子 fáng zi shí jiù 约定 yuē dìng hǎo mǒu 房间 fángjiān 必须 bìxū 油漆 yóuqī .

We rented the house on the stipulation that certain rooms should be painted.

手柄 shǒu bǐng hěn 灵活 línghuó ,必须 bìxū 用力 yòng lì tuī 才能 cái néng 转动 zhuǎn dòng .

You have to push on the handle to turn it — it's very stiff.

hāi , 必须 bìxū 照料 zhào liào , zhè Guān de shì .

Well, you must deal with him. It's no business of mine.

必须 bìxū Decomposition

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必须 bìxū Compounds

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