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未必

未必

Chinese

		not yet; did not; have not not yet; did not; have not; not; 1-3 p.m.; 8th earthly branch	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily
simp. and trad. (未必)		未	必

Adverb

未必

may not; not necessarily

Synonyms

不一定 (bùyīdìng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wèibì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ bit¹
Min Nan (POJ): bī-pit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wèibì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weybih
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁶ bit¹
  - Yale: meih bīt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ bit⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² piːt̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-pit
  - Tâi-lô: bī-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixpid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² pit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²/