bì bù kě shǎo

HSK 7–9

必不可少 (bì bù kě shǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “absolutely necessary; indispensable; essential”.

Meanings

  1. 1absolutely necessary
  2. 2indispensable
  3. 3essential

Characters in 必不可少

必bì · certainly不bù · no; not so可kě · (prefix) can; may; able to; -able少shǎo · few

Related words

不no; not so可以can可(prefix) can; may; able to; -able可used in 可汗[ke4 han2]可能might (happen)不过only不要don't!; must not对不起I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon必须to have to不错correct可是but; however多少number; amount

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