Kilo Lingo

必

bì

Traditional: 必

#5056 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

must, necessarily (bound morpheme)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 必

必

Examples

。

You must arrive on time.

。

There's no need to worry.

。

You don't need to apologise.

，。

Putting in this much heart, you are certain to succeed.

。

I will definitely be there tomorrow.

必 (bì) is a bound morpheme meaning must or necessarily. It rarely stands alone but drives the modal pair 必须 (must) and 必要 (necessary), as well as the negation 不必 (need not).

Related words

必须

must, have to

必要

necessary, essential

不必

need not, not necessary

Appears in 3 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 必.

必须bì xūmust, have to必要bì yàonecessary, essential不必bú bìneed not, not necessary

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This word is part of lesson 102.