必要 (bìyào) means Essential. Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
没有 必要 为这件事生气。
Méiyǒu bìyào wèi zhè jiàn shì shēngqì.
There is no need to get angry over this.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 必要
必要 的时候请给我打电话。
Bìyào de shíhou qǐng gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà.
Please call me when it is necessary.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 必要
没 必要 为这点小事自卑。
Méi bìyào wèi zhè diǎn xiǎoshì zìbēi.
There is no need to feel inferior over such a small thing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 自卑
这是 必要 的礼节,不能省。
Zhè shì bìyào de lǐjié, bù néng shěng.
This is a necessary courtesy and cannot be skipped.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 礼节
公司压缩了不 必要 的开支。
Gōngsī yāsuō le bù bìyào de kāizhī.
The company cut unnecessary spending.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 压缩
错了就是错了,没 必要 辩护。
Cuò le jiù shì cuò le, méi bìyào biànhù.
Wrong is wrong; there is no need to argue in its defence.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辩护
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Questions about 必要
How is 必要 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 必要 (bìyào, "Essential"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 必要 an HSK word?
Yes — 必要 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 必要?
The dictionary page for 必要 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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