想必

Chinese

		to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily
simp. and trad. (想必)		想	必

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎngbì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng² bit¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sióng-pit / siūⁿ-pit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎngbì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎngbì
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang³-pi⁴
    • Yale: syǎng-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheangbih
    • Palladius: сянби (sjanbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng² bit¹
    • Yale: séung bīt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng² bit⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng² bid¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵ piːt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng-pit
    • Tâi-lô: sióng-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siofngpid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siūⁿ-pit
    • Tâi-lô: siūnn-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviuxpid
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siũ³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siũ³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/

Adverb

想必

1. presumably; most probably; in all likelihood; surely

Synonyms

• 博濟／博济 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 多半 (duōbàn)
• 多半兒／多半儿 (duōbànr) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 大半 (dàbàn)
• 大概 (dàgài)
• 大約／大约 (dàyuē)
• 大約摸／大约摸 (dàyuēmō) (colloquial)
• 無慮／无虑 (wúlǜ) (literary)