Have to in Chinese
to have to · HSK 3
必须
- 必 certainly
- 须 must
Other ways to say have to
More words with 必 or 须
How do you say have to in Chinese?
Have to in Chinese is 必须 (bì xū). You can also say 只得 (zhǐ dé), 得 (děi), 必 (bì).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.