必 bì — must; necessarily; certainly; inevitably; have to

必

Level 1 · Common HSK 3 #321

bì bi4

Basic definition

  1. adverb must; necessarily; certainly; inevitably; have to e.g 必须必然必定必要

Detailed explanation

noun
  1. (会意。从八,从弋。弋亦兼表字音。“八”表示“分”,“弋”即“杙”,小木桩,合起来指用木杆做标记。本义:区分的标准)
  2. guidepost
  3. 姓
verb
  1. must e.g 必防其渐 · 必也正名
adverb
  1. certainly e.g 必因 · 必败 · 必昌 · 必竟
  2. must
conjunction
  1. if

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