是必

Chinese

		be; yes; this	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily
simp. and trad. (是必)		是	必
alternative forms		事必 Cantonese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìbì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ bit¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìbì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhbì
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-pi⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhbih
    • Palladius: шиби (šibi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 世弊 勢必／势必

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ bit¹
    • Yale: sih bīt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ bit⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ bid¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² piːt̚⁵/

Verb

是必

1. (literary or Cantonese) to be sure to; to be bound to; must; to need to
   • 1840s, 新本落爐不燒‎^[1], page 7:

     王上又話佢地若係依然唔嚟拜我所立嘅偶像，是必丟落火爐嚟燒死 [Cantonese, trad.]
     王上又话佢地若系依然唔嚟拜我所立嘅偶像，是必丢落火炉嚟烧死 [Cantonese, simp.]

     wong⁴ soeng⁶ jau⁶ waa⁶ keoi⁵ dei⁶ joek⁶ hai⁶ ji¹ jin⁴ m⁴ lai⁴ baai³ ngo⁵ so² laap⁶ ge³ ngau⁵ zoeng⁶, si⁶ bit¹ diu¹ lok⁶ fo² lou⁴ lai⁴ siu¹ sei² [Jyutping]

     The King said that if they are still not coming to worship the idol I created, they must be thrown into a furnace and burnt to death.