必然

bìrán

adjective HSK 3 #8,217

Meanings

这是必然的结果。

Zhè shì bìrán de jiéguǒ.

This is an inevitable result.

努力不必然带来成功。

Nǔlì bù bìrán dàilái chénggōng.

Hard work doesn't necessarily bring success.

历史的发展有其必然性。

Lìshǐ de fāzhǎn yǒu qí bìránxìng.

The development of history has its inevitability.

usage

必然 is more formal than 一定. Use 必然 for logical or philosophical inevitability, and 一定 for everyday certainty.

grammar

Adding 性 makes it a noun: 必然性 (inevitability/necessity), commonly used in academic writing.

必 bì

然 rán