是必

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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

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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    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

(literary or Cantonese) to be sure to; to be bound to; must; to need to
- 1840s, 新本落爐不燒‎, 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
  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.

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