HSK 6 · Function Words

势必 shìbì “bound to” in Chinese

Traditional 勢必

What 势必 means

  1. bound to
  2. certain to
  3. to be bound to
  4. undoubtedly will

How to say 势必

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale势shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale必bì4th tone, falling

势必 in a sentence

  1. 不注意休息，势必会影响健康。

    Bú zhùyì xiūxi, shìbì huì yǐngxiǎng jiànkāng.

    If you don’t get enough rest, it’s bound to affect your health.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 油价上涨势必会影响物价。

    Yóujià shàngzhǎng shìbì huì yǐngxiǎng wùjià.

    Rising oil prices are bound to push up prices in general.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 势必 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 势 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
势shìpower
  • 执to execute · zhíSound part
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

力 hints at the meaning (strength); 执 (zhí) hints at the sound. Compare it with shì.

The character 必 (bì) with each of its parts in a different colour
必bìcertainly
  • 心heart · xīn
  • 丿slash · piě

How to write 势必

势 8 strokes · 必 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 势必

Words with 势

姿势zīshì · posture趋势qūshì · trend形势xíngshì · circumstances优势yōushì · superiority地势dìshì · terrain手势shǒushì · gesture势力shìli · power局势júshì · situation (esp. political or military)气势qìshì · momentum声势shēngshì · momentum

Words with 必

必须bìxū · must必要bìyào · necessary必然bìrán · inevitable何必hébì · there is no need未必wèibì · not necessarily务必wùbì · must

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日益rìyì · increasingly若干ruògān · a certain number啥shá · what (informal)尚且shàngqiě · even束shù · bunch艘sōu · measure word for boats and ships索性suǒxìng · might as well倘若tǎngruò · if

FAQs

势必 (shìbì) means “bound to” or “certain to”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shìbì: shì with a 4th tone, then bì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 势必 is written 勢必. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shibi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 势必 from the suggestions. Typing shibi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
势必 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.