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HSK 6 Adverbs

务必 / 切勿

Be sure to / by all means do not (务必 / 切勿)

Structure 务必 + required action (positive) · 切勿 / 切莫 + forbidden action (negative)

务必 (wùbì) and 切勿 (qièwù) are the emphatic imperatives of notices, instructions and formal announcements. 务必 commands one to do something "without fail, no excuses": 请务必准时到场 = "please be sure to arrive on time". Its negative is 切勿 (or the even more literary 切莫): an exhortation NOT to do something, "by all means do not…, on no account…": 切勿轻信陌生人 = "on no account trust strangers lightly". Against the everyday 别 / 不要 (HSK 1–2) of speech, 切勿/切莫 belong to the written language of signs, leaflets and rules. 勿 is the classical negator of prohibition, inherited from literary Chinese.

Examples

  • huìshífēnzhòngyàoqǐngwèizhǔnshíchū

    The meeting is very important; everyone is asked to be sure to attend on time.

  • cāozuòqiányuèshuōmíngshū

    Before operating it, be sure to read the manual carefully.

  • qièqīngxìnshēngrénláideliànjiē

    On no account trust links sent by strangers.

  • yàopǐnfàngzàiértóngjiēchùdàozhīchùqièshí

    Medicines must be kept out of children's reach; by no means swallow them by mistake.

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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