必不可少
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

必不可少

bìbùkěshǎo

absolutely necessary

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

absolutely necessary

02

indispensable

03

essential

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 必不可少

What does 必不可少 mean in Chinese?

必不可少 (bìbùkěshǎo) means absolutely necessary.

How do you pronounce 必不可少?

必不可少 is pronounced bìbùkěshǎo.

Is 必不可少 an HSK word?

必不可少 is on the HSK 7-9 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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