# 必不可少 (bìbùkěshǎo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 必不可少 (bìbùkěshǎo) means “indispensable; essential; vital”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: indispensable; essential; vital
- Pinyin: bìbùkěshǎo (bi4 bu4 ke3 shao3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 水是生命必不可少的。
  Shuǐ shì shēngmìng bìbùkěshǎo de.
  Water is indispensable to life.

## Characters

- [必](https://hanziro.com/word/bi-must/) (bì): must; certainly
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [可](https://hanziro.com/word/ke-but-however/) (kě): but, however; can, may
- [少](https://hanziro.com/word/shao-few/) (shǎo): few; little

https://hanziro.com/word/bi-bu-ke-shao-indispensable/

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