"不必" meaning in Chinese

See 不必 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /pɐt̚⁵ piːt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ pit̚⁵/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁵ pit̚³²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi⁵¹/, /pɐt̚⁵ piːt̚⁵/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/, /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ pit̚⁵/, /put̚³²⁻⁵ pit̚³²/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/ Chinese transliterations: bùbì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ bit¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], put-pit, bùbì [Phonetic:búbì] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], bùbì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pu⁴-pi⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], bù-bì [Mandarin, Yale, standard], bubih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], буби [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bubi [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bāt bīt [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ bit⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ bid¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], put-pit [Hokkien, POJ], put-pit [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putpid [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 不必
  1. no need to; not necessary to; don't have to
    Sense id: en-不必-zh-adv-YTg7vtE3 Categories (other): Elementary Mandarin Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 62 38
  2. not necessarily
    Sense id: en-不必-zh-adv-ehD7PcXr Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 不一定 (bùyīdìng), 不見得 (bùjiàndé), 不见得 (bùjiàndé), 唔一定 (m4 jat1 ding6) [Cantonese], 未嘗 (wèicháng) [literary], 未尝 (wèicháng) [literary], 未始 (wèishǐ) [literary], 未必 (wèibì), 未必然 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 未見得 (uei4 jienn4 de6) [Xiang], 未见得 (uei4 jienn4 de6) [Xiang], 無一定 [Hokkien], 无一定 [Hokkien], 無定著 [Min-Nan], 无定著 [Min-Nan], 無拄拄 [Hokkien], 无拄拄 [Hokkien], 無的確 [Min-Nan], 无的确 [Min-Nan]

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          "ref": "多餘的話不必多說。 [MSC, trad.]",
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      "zh-pron": "bùbì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ bit¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-pit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
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    {
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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùbì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-pi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-bì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bubih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буби"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bubi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
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        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt bīt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ bit⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ bid¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ piːt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-pit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-pit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putpid"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ pit̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ pit̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búbì]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ piːt̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ pit̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ pit̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùyīdìng",
      "word": "不一定"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùjiàndé",
      "word": "不見得"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùjiàndé",
      "word": "不见得"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "m4 jat1 ding6",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "wèicháng",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "未嘗"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wèicháng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "未尝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wèishǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "未始"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wèibì",
      "word": "未必"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "未必然"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "uei4 jienn4 de6",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "未見得"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "uei4 jienn4 de6",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "未见得"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "無一定"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "无一定"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "無定著"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "无定著"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "無拄拄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "无拄拄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "無的確"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "无的确"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不必"
}
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
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    "Elementary Mandarin"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "english": "There is no need to say more than what is necessary.",
          "ref": "多餘的話不必多說。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "多余的话不必多说。 [MSC, simp.]\nDuōyú de huà bùbì duō shuō. [Pinyin]",
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        "no need to; not necessary to; don't have to"
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          "need",
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          "necessary",
          "necessary"
        ]
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "not necessarily"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "necessarily",
          "necessarily"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùbì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ bit¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-pit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùbì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-pi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-bì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bubih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буби"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bubi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt bīt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ bit⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ bid¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ piːt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-pit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-pit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putpid"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ pit̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ pit̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búbì]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ piːt̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ pit̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ pit̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bùyīdìng",
      "word": "不一定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùjiàndé",
      "word": "不見得"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùjiàndé",
      "word": "不见得"
    },
    {
      "roman": "m4 jat1 ding6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "唔一定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wèicháng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "未嘗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wèicháng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "未尝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wèishǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "未始"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wèibì",
      "word": "未必"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "未必然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "uei4 jienn4 de6",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "未見得"
    },
    {
      "roman": "uei4 jienn4 de6",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "未见得"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "無一定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "无一定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "無定著"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "无定著"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "無拄拄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "无拄拄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "無的確"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "无的确"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不必"
}

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