Chinese symbol for “certainly”
必
bì
certainly; must; will; necessarily
The closest CC-CEDICT match for certainly is 必 (bì), defined as: certainly; must; will; necessarily.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “certainly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 确是 (確是) | què shì | certainly |
| 可 | kě | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
| 定然 | dìng rán | certainly; of course |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 必.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 必须 (必須) | bì xū | must; to have to |
| 必要 | bì yào | necessary; essential |
| 必然 | bì rán | inevitable; certain |
| 不必 | bù bì | need not; does not have to |
| 未必 | wèi bì | not necessarily; maybe not |
| 必定 | bì dìng | to be bound to; to be sure to |
See also: Japanese symbol for “certainly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.