必要性

bìyàoxìng

noun #33,983

Meanings

1 necessity
2 the quality of being necessary

Characters

must; certainly

-ness (nominal suffix)

Examples

我们要充分认识到学习外语的必要性。

Wǒmen yào chōngfèn rènshi dào xuéxí wàiyǔ de bìyàoxìng.

We must fully recognize the necessity of studying foreign languages.

这次改革的必要性显而易见。

Zhè cì gǎigé de bìyàoxìng xiǎn'ér-yìjiàn.

The necessity of this reform is self-evident.

Tips

grammar

The suffix 性 (-xìng) turns adjectives into abstract nouns: 必要 'necessary' → 必要性 'necessity'. Same pattern: 重要 → 重要性 'importance', 可能 → 可能性 'possibility'.

usage

Common collocations: 强调…的必要性 (emphasize the necessity of), 认识到…的必要性 (recognize the necessity of). It's the formal/written cousin of saying 必须 'must'.

Stroke Order

必 bì

要 yào

性 xìng