未必 wèibì▶ ไม่จำเป็นเสมอไป

Stroke order

未必 is written in 10 strokes across 2 characters.

• 未 — 5 strokes
• 必 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. not necessarily
2. maybe not

Related words

• 何必ทำไม
• 必然หลีกเลี่ยงไม่ได้
• 必要จำเป็น
• 未来อนาคต
• 务必ต้อง
• 势必จะต้อง

未必 is pronounced wèibì and means “ไม่จำเป็นเสมอไป”. HSK 5 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 未必 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.