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不必
bùbì
1. need not
2. does not have to
3. not necessarily
Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown

不
bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
HSK 1 4 丶
必
bì
surely, certainly; must; will
HSK 3 5 丶

Compound Words (3)

不必要
bùbìyào
needless
大可不必
dàkěbùbì
need not
自不必说
zìbùbìshuō
to not need dwell on (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
1,456 of 84,292