HSK 6 · Function Words

务必 wùbì “must” in Chinese

Traditional 務必

What 务必 means

  1. must
  2. be sure to
  3. to need to

How to say 务必

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale务wù4th 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

务必 in a sentence

  1. 请务必确认门是锁着的。

    Qǐng wùbì quèrèn mén shì suǒ zhe de.

    Please make sure the door is locked.

    Sentence #1516209 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 如果情况有任何变化，请务必通知我。

    Rúguǒ qíngkuàng yǒu rènhé biànhuà, qǐng wùbì tōngzhī wǒ.

    Please inform me of any changes in the situation.

    Sentence #2334180 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 务必要买一些牛奶。

    Wùbì yào mǎi yìxiē niúnǎi.

    Be sure to buy some milk.

    Sentence #798217 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 务必 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 务 (wù) with each of its parts in a different colour
务wùaffair
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 力strength · lì

Memory aidPicture setting off 夂 with all your strength 力: to work at a task.

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

How to write 务必

务 5 strokes · 必 5 strokes

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

Words related to 务必

Words with 务

服务员fúwùyuán · waiter服务fúwù · to serve任务rènwu · mission家务jiāwù · household duties业务yèwù · business商务shāngwù · business义务yìwù · duty公务gōngwù · official business事务shìwù · affairs职务zhíwù · post

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势必shìbì · bound to

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哇wa · particle (form of 啊 after -u or -ao)万分wànfēn · extremely唯独wéidú · only未免wèimiǎn · rather无非wúfēi · nothing but要命yàomìng · terribly亦yì · also以便yǐbiàn · so that

FAQs

务必 (wùbì) means “must” or “be sure to”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wùbì: wù 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, 务必 is written 務必. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wubi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 务必 from the suggestions. Typing wubi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
务必 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.