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HSK 6 Adverbs

势必 / 必将 / 必定

Bound to / will surely (势必 / 必将)

Structure (condition) + 势必 / 必将 / 必定 + consequence

These three written adverbs assert that something will happen with total certainty, with no way out. 势必 (shìbì) presents the FORCED consequence that follows from a prior condition or situation: 政策若不调整,势必影响经济 = "if the policy isn't adjusted, it is bound to affect the economy". 必将 (bìjiāng) looks to the FUTURE in a solemn, almost prophetic tone: 历史必将记住这一天 = "history will surely remember this day". 必定 (bìdìng) is the more neutral logical deduction, "is sure to…", and of the three it is closest to speech. All reinforce, in a cultured register, the idea of 一定 (HSK 2): 一定 works everywhere, while these three belong to journalism and formal discourse.

Examples

  • 政zhèng策cè若ruò不bù及jí时shí调tiáo整zhěng,势shì必bì影yǐng响xiǎng整zhěng体tǐ经jīng济jì。

    If the policy isn't adjusted in time, it is bound to affect the economy as a whole.

  • 盲máng目mù扩kuò张zhāng势shì必bì带dài来lái沉chén重zhòng的de债zhài务wù负fù担dān。

    Reckless expansion is bound to bring a heavy debt burden.

  • 这zhè一yī伟wěi大dà变biàn革gé必bì将jiāng载zài入rù史shǐ册cè。

    This great transformation will surely go down in the annals of history.

  • 只zhǐ要yào方fāng向xiàng正zhèng确què,努nǔ力lì必bì定dìng会huì有yǒu回huí报bào。

    As long as the direction is right, the effort is sure to be rewarded.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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