未必

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 价格贵未必质量就好。▶ —
   Expensive does not necessarily mean good quality.
2. 他说的话未必都是真的。▶ —
   What he says is not necessarily all true.

Collocations

Mnemonic

未 wèi "not yet/not" + 必 bì "necessarily": "not necessarily". A partial-negation adverb meaning something is not bound to be so. Same as 不一定. Opposite of 一定 / 必然 (definitely, inevitably).

Related

Quick check

1. What does 未必 mean?

   • not necessarily (= 不一定)
   • definitely so (= 一定)
   • not yet finished
   • utterly impossible