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不必

不必

Chinese

		not; no; (negative prefix)	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily
simp. and trad. (不必)		不	必

Adverb

不必

no need to; not necessary to; don't have to

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bùbì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ bit¹
Min Nan (POJ): put-pit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: bùbì [Phonetic: búbì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bubih
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    不必
    不避
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ bit¹
  - Yale: bāt bīt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ bit⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ piːt̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-pit
  - Tâi-lô: put-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putpid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ pit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ pit̚³²/