未必

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily
simp. and trad. (未必)		未	必

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèibì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mei⁶ bit¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mei⁵ bit²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bī-pit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèibì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèibì
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-pi⁴
    • Yale: wèi-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weybih
    • Palladius: вэйби (vɛjbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ bit¹
    • Yale: meih bīt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ bit⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ bid¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² piːt̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mei⁵ bit²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbei³² pit̚⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-pit
    • Tâi-lô: bī-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixpid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 未必

1. may not; not necessarily

Synonyms

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• 不一定 (bùyīdìng)
• 不必 (bùbì)
• 不見得／不见得 (bùjiàndé)
• 唔一定 (m⁴ jat¹ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 未嘗／未尝 (wèicháng) (literary)
• 未始 (wèishǐ) (literary)
• 未必然 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 未見得／未见得 (uei⁴ jienn⁴ de⁶) (Xiang)
• 無一定／无一定 (Hokkien)
• 無定著／无定著 (Min Nan)
• 無拄拄／无拄拄 (Hokkien)
• 無的確／无的确 (Min Nan)

 

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