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不必

bù bì 4–4 → 2–4

need not; does not have to; not necessarily

HSK level
HSK 3
HSK 2.0 level 5 · HSK 3.0 level 3
Characters
2
不 · 必
Syllables
2
bù bì
Frequency
Less common
corpus count 2,029

Part of speech: d

Character by character

  • 不bù4 strokesHSK 1no, not; un-; negative prefix
  • 必bì5 strokesHSK 2surely, most certainly; must

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 不必在意。

    Bù bì zài yì

    Forget it.

  • 你不必吃。

    Nǐ bù bì chī

    You don't have to eat it.

  • 你不必去那里。

    Nǐ bù bì qù nà li

    You don't have to go there.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 不必. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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