不必要

bùbìyào

adjective #16,416

Meanings

1 needless; unnecessary

Characters

must; necessarily

Examples

请避免不必要的浪费。

Qǐng bìmiǎn bùbìyào de làngfèi.

Please avoid unnecessary waste.

这次旅行中有很多不必要的开支。

Zhècì lǚxíng zhōng yǒu hěnduō bùbìyào de kāizhī.

There were a lot of unnecessary expenses on this trip.

Tips

grammar

不必要 works as an attributive modifier before nouns: 不必要的麻烦 (unnecessary trouble). For standalone 'you don't need to,' use 不必: 你不必担心 (You don't need to worry).

Stroke Order

不 bù

必 bì

要 yào