# 未必
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wèibì
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mei$^6$ bit$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mei$^5$ bit$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vi-pit
    (Hailu, HRS): vui$^˖$ bid
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bī-pit
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wèibì
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wèibì
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^4$-pi$^4$
*** Yale: wèi-bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weybih
*** Palladius: вэйби (vɛjbi)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$偽幣／伪币 未必 畏避 胃壁
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^6$ bit$^1$
*** Yale: meih bīt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^6$ bit$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^6$ bid$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯²² piːt̚⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mei$^5$ bit$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbei³² pit̚⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-pit
*** Hakka Romanization System: vi bid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vi$^4$ bid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ pit̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: vui$^˖$ bid
*** Sinological IPA: /vui³³ pit⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-pit
*** Tâi-lô: bī-pit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bixpid
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² pit̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bi³³⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: mj+jH pjit
Rime :
| Character | 未 | 必 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) | 質 (48) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 無沸切 | 卑吉切 |
| Baxter | mj+jH | pjit |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mʉi$^H$/ | /piɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mʷɨi$^H$/ | /pit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuəi$^H$/ | /pjet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muj$^H$/ | /pit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /miuəi$^H$/ | /piĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭwəi$^H$/ | /pĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mwe̯i$^H$/ | /pi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wèi | bi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mei$^6$ | bat$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m[ə]t-s pi[t]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mɯds pliɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 未 | 未 | 必 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wèi | wèi | bì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mjɨj$^H$ › | ‹ mjɨj$^H$ › | ‹ pjit › |
| Old Chinese | /*m[ə]t-s/ | /*m[ə]t-s/ | /*pi[t]/ |
| English | not yet | 8th earthly branch | necessarily |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 未 | 必 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 12917 | 568 |
| Phonetic component | 未 | 必 |
| Rime group | 隊 | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 未 | 必 |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯds/ | /*pliɡ/ |
| Notes | 從屮從木與芔字同根， 陳獨秀雲木上加屮象幼枝 | |

### Adverb

未必
* may not; not necessarily
       Tā wèibì fúhé wǒmen de guóqíng. [Pinyin]
       It may not conform to our national conditions.
    From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE
    Rúshí lùn zhī, bǔshì bùwèn tiāndì, shīguī wèibì shénlíng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* 不一定 (bùyīdìng)
* 不必 (bùbì)
* 不見得／不见得 (bùjiàndé)
* 唔一定 (m$^4$ jat$^1$ ding$^6$) (Cantonese)
* 未嘗／未尝 (wèicháng) (literary)
* 未始 (wèishǐ) (literary)
* 未必然 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 未見得／未见得 (uei$^4$ jienn$^4$ de$^6$) (Xiang)
* 無一定／无一定 (Hokkien)
* 無定著／无定著 (Min Nan)
* 無拄拄／无拄拄 (Hokkien)
* 無的確／无的确 (Min Nan)