What does 不必 mean in Chinese?
不必 (búbì) means need not.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
不必
need not
IN A VIDEO不必
See this word with its surrounding sentence, pinyin, translation, and timestamp.
DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
need not
02
does not have to
03
not necessarily
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 不必
How do you pronounce 不必?
不必 is pronounced búbì.
Is 不必 an HSK word?
不必 is on the HSK 4 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
What part of speech is 不必?
不必 is used as a 副词 (adverb) in Chinese.
SEE IT IN CONTEXT
Turn your own Chinese video into a searchable learning file.
Keep English optional, place pinyin above Hanzi, and export subtitles named after your video.