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未必 wèibì

未必 wèibì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 未必 wèibì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wèibì | wei4 bi4
English translation
not necessarily
maybe not

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Traditional form

未必 wèibì

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 未必 wèibì

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wèi

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Similar to , with extra branches added. Based on the original meaning "tree trunk", now written as Méi . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

一木

Number of Strokes

5

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

心丿

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 未必 wèibì

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虽然 suīrán qióng , què 未必 wèibì 诚实 chéngshí .

Although she is poor, it doesn't follow that she is dishonest.

即便 jíbiàn shì 聪明 cōngming rén zài 面对 miànduì 难题 nán tí shí 未必 wèibì jiù Néng 表现 biǎoxiàn 特别 tèbié 聪明 cōngming

Even clever people are not terribly clever when put on the spot.

那么 nà me 我们 wǒmen shì bèi 困住 le 。”——“未必 wèibì 。”

"So we're trapped." — "Not necessarily."

当地人 de 感受 gǎnshòu 未必 wèibì 媒体 méitǐ 一致 yīzhì

Local feeling does not necessarily concur with the press.

生意 shēngyì 不景气 bù jǐng qì 未必 wèibì 全是坏事 huài shì

Some good might come of all this gloomy business.

未必 wèibì Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 未必 wèibì and their own compounds.

未必 wèibì Compounds

See all 119 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 未必 wèibì in their composition.

  • wèi
    • wèi
    • zhū
      • zhū , shū , zhū , zhū , zhū , zhū , zhū , zhū , zhū , shū , zhòu , zhū , zhū , zhū , , zhū , , , , , zhū , , zhū , ,
    • lěi
      • ǒu
      • hào , gēng , , yún , nòu , , , , jiā , chú , lóu , jiǎng , pǎng , yōu , lěi , , , , , , , , huō , lào , , tāng , , , , , , , , , ,
    • mèi , mèi , mèi , mèi , mèi , , , , Tái , mèi , , , , , , , ,
      • , ,
        • , , ,
      • , níng
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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