HSK 4 grammar · adverb
未必
未必 — not necessarily
Pattern
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How it works
未必 before a verb or adjective denies that something is sure to be true — "not necessarily", "may not". It is a softer, more written way of saying 不一定.
Examples
贵的东西未必好。
Guì de dōngxi wèibì hǎo.
Expensive things aren't necessarily good.
他答应了，未必会真的来。
Tā dāying le, wèibì huì zhēn de lái.
He agreed, but may not really come.
这个办法未必行得通。
Zhège bànfǎ wèibì xíng de tōng.
This method won't necessarily work.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 未必 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.