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"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "未必",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "It may not conform to our national conditions.",
"ref": "它未必符合我們的國情。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "它未必符合我们的国情。 [MSC, simp.]\nTā wèibì fúhé wǒmen de guóqíng. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "如實論之，卜筮不問天地，蓍龜未必神靈。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "如实论之，卜筮不问天地，蓍龟未必神灵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE\nRúshí lùn zhī, bǔshì bùwèn tiāndì, shīguī wèibì shénlíng. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"may not; not necessarily"
],
"id": "en-未必-zh-adv-yhULPZfH",
"links": [
[
"may",
"may"
],
[
"not",
"not"
],
[
"necessarily",
"necessarily"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "bùyīdìng",
"word": "不一定"
},
{
"roman": "bùbì",
"word": "不必"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"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"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "wèibì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "mei⁶ bit¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Taishan",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "mei⁵ bit²"
},
{
"zh-pron": "bī-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wèibì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wèibì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wei⁴-pi⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wèi-bì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "weybih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "вэйби"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "vɛjbi"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "mei⁶ bit¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "meih bīt"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "mei⁶ bit⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "méi⁶ bid¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/mei̯²² piːt̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Taicheng",
"Taishanese",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "mei⁵ bit²"
},
{
"ipa": "/ᵐbei³² pit̚⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Taicheng",
"Taishanese"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "bī-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "bī-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "bixpid"
},
{
"ipa": "/bi²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bi⁴¹⁻²² pit̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bi²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bi³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bi³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "mj+jH pjit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*m[ə]t-s pi[t]/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*mɯds pliɡ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mei̯²² piːt̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ᵐbei³² pit̚⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bi²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bi⁴¹⁻²² pit̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bi²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bi³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bi³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²/"
},
{
"other": "[ə]"
},
{
"other": "[t]"
},
{
"other": "/*mɯds pliɡ/"
}
],
"word": "未必"
}
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"2": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "未必",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese adverbs",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese terms with audio links",
"Chinese adverbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien adverbs",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Intermediate Mandarin",
"Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
"Mandarin adverbs",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin terms with audio links",
"Mandarin terms with homophones",
"Mandarin terms with usage examples",
"Middle Chinese lemmas",
"Old Chinese lemmas",
"Requests for translations of Literary Chinese usage examples",
"Taishanese adverbs",
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"examples": [
{
"english": "It may not conform to our national conditions.",
"ref": "它未必符合我們的國情。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "它未必符合我们的国情。 [MSC, simp.]\nTā wèibì fúhé wǒmen de guóqíng. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "如實論之，卜筮不問天地，蓍龜未必神靈。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "如实论之，卜筮不问天地，蓍龟未必神灵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE\nRúshí lùn zhī, bǔshì bùwèn tiāndì, shīguī wèibì shénlíng. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"may not; not necessarily"
],
"links": [
[
"may",
"may"
],
[
"not",
"not"
],
[
"necessarily",
"necessarily"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "wèibì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "mei⁶ bit¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Taishan",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "mei⁵ bit²"
},
{
"zh-pron": "bī-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wèibì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wèibì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wei⁴-pi⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wèi-bì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "weybih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "вэйби"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "vɛjbi"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "mei⁶ bit¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "meih bīt"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "mei⁶ bit⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "méi⁶ bid¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/mei̯²² piːt̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Taicheng",
"Taishanese",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "mei⁵ bit²"
},
{
"ipa": "/ᵐbei³² pit̚⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Taicheng",
"Taishanese"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "bī-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "bī-pit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "bixpid"
},
{
"ipa": "/bi²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bi⁴¹⁻²² pit̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bi²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bi³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bi³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "mj+jH pjit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*m[ə]t-s pi[t]/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*mɯds pliɡ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mei̯²² piːt̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ᵐbei³² pit̚⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bi²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bi⁴¹⁻²² pit̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bi²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bi³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bi³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²/"
},
{
"other": "[ə]"
},
{
"other": "[t]"
},
{
"other": "/*mɯds pliɡ/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "bùyīdìng",
"word": "不一定"
},
{
"roman": "bùbì",
"word": "不必"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"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": "未必"
}
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