Chinese word dictionary

必修

bìxiū · (of an academic course) required; compulsory

Practice word

Word information

Simplified必修

Traditional必修

Pinyinbìxiū

Part of speech形

HSK 3.06

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

必bì

surely, certainly; must; will

修xiū

to study; to repair; to decorate; to cultivate

How to learn 必修

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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必须bìxū

to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily

不必búbì

need not; does not have to; not necessarily

修xiū

surname Xiu; to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class); variant of 修[xiu1]

修理xiūlǐ

to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb

必bì

certainly; must; will; necessarily

必然bìrán

inevitable; certain; necessity