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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bì | bi4
English translation
certainly
must
will
necessarily
surely, certainly; must; will

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

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Positional decomposition

心丿

Explanation

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

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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.

如果 rúguǒ 继续 jìxù 这样 zhè yàng 下去 xià qù , 势必 shìbì yǒu tiān yāo dūn 监狱 jiānyù .

If he goes on like this, he will be imprisoned some day.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
必须 bìxū must必須
必要 bìyào necessary必要 bìyào
不必 bù bì need not不必 bù bì
must
必然 bìrán inevitable必然 bìrán
何必 hébì why should何必 hébì
未必 wèibì maybe not未必 wèibì
必将 bì jiāng inevitably必將
必需 bì xū to need必需 bì xū
必定 bì dìng to be bound to必定 bì dìng
必备 bì bèi essential必備
势必 shìbì to be bound to勢必
务必 wùbì must務必
想必 xiǎng bì presumably想必 xiǎng bì
不必要 bù bì yào needless不必要 bù bì yào
必不可少 bì bù kě shǎo absolutely necessary必不可少 bì bù kě shǎo
必要性 bì yào xìng necessity必要性 bì yào xìng
必需品 bì xū pǐn necessity必需品 bì xū pǐn
势在必行 shì zài bì xíng imperative勢在必行
必经 bì jīng unavoidable必經
必要条件 bì yào tiáo jiàn requirement必要條件
必修课 bì xiū kè required course必修課
必胜客 Bì shèng Kè Pizza Hut必勝客
必由之路 bì yóu zhī lù the only way必由之路 bì yóu zhī lù

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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