必要
bìyào
necessary, necessity
Part of speech · adjective / noun
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必must
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要need
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Examples
- 没必要担心。No need to worry.
- 这是必要的。This is necessary.
Collocations
有必要没必要必要的
Mnemonic
必要 bìyào "necessary / necessity" — 必 (must) + 要 (need). Cognate of Korean piryo / Japanese 必要 hitsuyō. Negation: 没必要 / 不必要 "unnecessary".
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"Not necessary"?