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不必

búbì

need not

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Meaning of 不必 in English

búbìHSK 4adverbSyllabus #1043
  1. need not
  2. does not have to
  3. not necessarily

Example sentences

  1. 您现在不必购买任何东西。
    nín xiàn zài bù bì gòu mǎi rèn hé dōng xī。
    You don't have to buy anything right now.
    Tatoeba #10062415 by slo_oth · #3413200 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 你不必打电话给我。
    nǐ bù bì dǎ diàn huà gěi wǒ。
    You don't need to call me.
    Tatoeba #3629987 by suitchic · #611769 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 我希望我不必工作。
    wǒ xī wàng wǒ bù bì gōng zuò。
    I wish I didn't have to work.
    Tatoeba #891610 by Martha · #245417 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

不 on its own →
bù · no; not so

HSK words with 不

不HSK 1不要HSK 1不客气HSK 1对不起HSK 1不错HSK 2不好意思HSK 2不但HSK 3不见HSK 3不用HSK 3不同HSK 3
必 on its own →
bì · must; necessarily; certainly

HSK words with 必

必须HSK 3必HSK 5必然HSK 5必需HSK 5必要HSK 5必修HSK 6未必HSK 6必定HSK 7–9必将HSK 7–9何必HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences