HSK 5 · Function Words

必然 bìrán “inevitable” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 必然 means

  1. inevitable
  2. certain
  3. necessity

How to say 必然

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale必bì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale然rán2nd tone, rising

必然 in a sentence

  1. 他的成功是必然的。

    Tā de chénggōng shì bìrán de.

    His success is inevitable.

    Sentence #13893813 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们的相遇是必然的。

    Tāmen de xiāngyù shì bìrán de.

    Their meeting was inevitable.

    Sentence #767126 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 必然 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 必 (bì) with each of its parts in a different colour
必bìcertainly
  • 心heart · xīn
  • 丿slash · piě
The character 然 (rán) with each of its parts in a different colour
然ráncorrect
  • 肰dog meat · ránSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 肰 (rán) hints at the sound. Compare it with rán.

Memory aidFire 灬 under meat 肰. Its first meaning was “to burn”, now written 燃 (rán).

How to write 必然

必 5 strokes · 然 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

必然 (bìrán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 必然 (bìrán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 必然

Words with 必

必须bìxū · must必要bìyào · necessary何必hébì · there is no need未必wèibì · not necessarily势必shìbì · bound to务必wùbì · must

Words with 然

虽然suīrán · although当然dāngrán · of course突然tūrán · sudden然后ránhòu · then自然zìrán · nature既然jìrán · since竟然jìngrán · unexpectedly然而rán'ér · however仍然réngrán · still不然bùrán · otherwise

More words: Function Words & Grammar

哎āi · hey唉āi · (sigh) oh彼此bǐcǐ · each other毕竟bìjìng · after all便biàn · then不断búduàn · unceasing不见得bújiànde · not necessarily足以zúyǐ · enough to

FAQs

必然 (bìrán) means “inevitable” or “certain”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bìrán: bì with a 4th tone, then rán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 必然 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biran with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 必然 from the suggestions. Typing biran into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
必然 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.