未必
Not necessarily
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5
S + 未必 + V/Adj | (那)也未必
未必 is a soft negation meaning 'not necessarily', like 不一定 but more formal: 贵的东西未必就好 'expensive things aren't necessarily good'. It is often used to challenge a common assumption. It can stand alone in a reply: 那也未必 'not necessarily'. Don't confuse 未必 (not necessarily true) with 一定不 (definitely not) or 不必 (no need).
HSK 5 reading (author's stance) and listening.
Examples
贵的东西未必就好。
Expensive things aren't necessarily good.
他说的未必是真的。
What he says isn't necessarily true.
学历高的人，能力未必强。
Highly educated people aren't necessarily highly capable.
——明天会下雨吧？——那也未必。
'It'll rain tomorrow, right?' 'Not necessarily.'
Exercises
1.别只看价格，价格高的东西 质量好。
2.“他说的未必对”的意思是：
3.——听说这次考试很难。——那 ，我觉得还好。
4.“未必”和下面哪个词意思最接近？