Chinese symbol for “essential”
必备
bì bèi
Traditional: 必備
essential
The closest CC-CEDICT match for essential is 必备 (bì bèi), defined as: essential.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “essential”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 必要 | bì yào | necessary; essential |
| 必需 | bì xū | to need; to require |
| 要点 (要點) | yào diǎn | main point; essential |
| 重头 (重頭) | zhòng tóu | main; most important; essential; important part |
| 至关重要 (至關重要) | zhì guān zhòng yào | extremely important; vital |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 必备.
| 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 |
| 准备 (準備) | zhǔn bèi | preparation; to prepare |
| 设备 (設備) | shè bèi | equipment; facilities; installations |
See also: Japanese symbol for “essential”.
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.