HSK 5 vocabulary › 必要
必要
必要 in English: necessary; essential
bì yào
necessary; essential
How to pronounce 必要
bì yào (without tone marks: bi yao). bì is a fourth (sharply falling) tone; yào is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 必要
必 bì
certainly; must; will
certainly; must; will
要 yào
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
Related words
| 要 | yào | to want; to need | HSK 2 |
| 必须 | bì xū | to have to; must | HSK 3 |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want | HSK 3 |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request; to require | HSK 3 |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant | HSK 3 |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal | HSK 3 |
| 要是 | yào shi | if | HSK 4 |
| 只要 | zhǐ yào | if only; so long as | HSK 4 |
| 必然 | bì rán | inevitable; certain | HSK 5 |
| 何必 | hé bì | there is no need; why should | HSK 5 |