Adv.may not; not necessarily

Animated Stroke Order

Stroke order SVGs for the characters in 未必.
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必 stroke order svg

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How to Use 未必 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 未必 with other words naturally.
Adverb + Copulawith
wèi
shì
zhēn
de
neutral
may not be true
Adverb + Verbwith知道
wèi
zhī
dào
neutral
may not know
Adverb + Modal Verbwith
wèi
néng
lái
neutral
may not be able to come
Adverb + Predicatewith如此
wèi
formalWritten
may not be so

Example Sentences with 未必

wèi
lái
He may not come.
de
fāng
àn
tīng
lái
hěn
wán
měi
dàn
shí
cāo
zuò
lái
wèi
xíng
His plan sounds perfect, but it may not be feasible in practice.
cōng
máng
zuò
jué
dìng
jié
guǒ
wèi
huì
suǒ
yuàn
ba
If you make a decision in such a hurry, the outcome may not be as you wish, right?
míng
tiān
wèi
xià
men
hái
shì
dài
sǎn
ba
It may not rain tomorrow, but we should still bring an umbrella.
jǐn
guǎn
jīng
yàn
fēng
dàn
miàn
duì
zhè
ge
xīn
tiǎo
zhàn
wèi
néng
qīng
sōng
yìng
duì
Although he is experienced, he may not be able to handle this new challenge easily.
bié
tài
guān
shì
chǎng
fǎn
yìng
wèi
huì
xiàng
men
de
yàng
liè
Don't be too optimistic; the market response may not be as enthusiastic as we expect.
suī
rán
hěn
dàn
wèi
néng
kǎo
shàng
suǒ
xué
Although he works very hard, he may not be able to get into that university.
wèi
zhī
dào
zhēn
xiàng
zhǐ
shì
xuǎn
le
bǎo
chí
chén
ér
He may not be unaware of the truth; he just chose to remain silent.