必 bì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 心 — heart
必修
bìxiū
compulsory (course)
Characters in this word
修 xiū
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 攸 distant, far 彡 hair
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这门课虽然是必修课，但老师仍然鼓励学生根据兴趣选择研究方向。 Zhè mén kè suīrán shì bìxiū kè, dàn lǎoshī réngrán gǔlì xuésheng gēnjù xìngqù xuǎnzé yánjiū fāngxiàng. Although this course is compulsory, the teacher still encourages students to choose a research direction based on their interests.
- 数学是大学一年级的必修课。 Shùxué shì dàxué yī niánjí de bìxiūkè. Maths is a compulsory course in the first year of university.
- 这门必修课每周有三节，不能缺席。 Zhè mén bìxiūkè měi zhōu yǒu sān jié, bù néng quēxí. This compulsory course has three classes a week, so you can't miss them.
Related words
- 必须 bìxū must; have to
- 必然 bìrán inevitable; certain to happen
- 必要 bìyào necessary
- 不必 búbì no need to
- 未必 wèibì not necessarily
- 必 bì surely
- 必需 bìxū necessary
- 必不可少 bìbùkěshǎo indispensable; essential
- 必定 bìdìng certainly; inevitably
- 必将 bìjiāng will certainly; is bound to
- 何必 hébì why bother; why must; there is no need to
- 势必 shìbì inevitably; bound to