必 bì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 心 — heart
必不可少
bìbùkěshǎo
indispensable; essential
Characters in this word
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
少 shǎo
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 在跨国谈判中，准确理解文化差异是必不可少的前提。 Zài kuàguó tánpàn zhōng, zhǔnquè lǐjiě wénhuà chāyì shì bìbùkěshǎo de qiántí. In cross-border negotiations, an accurate understanding of cultural differences is an indispensable precondition.
- 出远门时，充电宝是必不可少的东西。 Chū yuǎnmén shí, chōngdiànbǎo shì bìbùkěshǎo de dōngxi. When travelling far, a power bank is something you absolutely cannot do without.
- 对学语言的人来说，每天练习是必不可少的。 Duì xué yǔyán de rén lái shuō, měitiān liànxí shì bìbùkěshǎo de. For people learning a language, daily practice is essential.
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
- 必修 bìxiū compulsory (course)
- 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