想必

xiǎngbì

adverb #10,997

Meanings

1 presumably
2 most likely
3 surely

Characters

to think; to suppose

certainly; must

Examples

你想必已经听说了这件事。

Nǐ xiǎngbì yǐjīng tīngshuō le zhè jiàn shì.

You've presumably already heard about this.

他想必是迷路了。

Tā xiǎngbì shì mílù le.

He must have gotten lost.

Tips

usage

想必 expresses a confident assumption. It is slightly more literary than 大概 (dàgài) and implies stronger certainty.

Stroke Order

想 xiǎng

必 bì