想必

xiǎng bì

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word

想必 (xiǎng bì) is a Chinese word meaning “presumably”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. presumably
  2. probably
  3. in all likelihood
  4. surely

Stroke order

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Example

這麼晚了,他想必已經睡了。

It's so late; he must already be asleep.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).