一定要

yīdìngyào
must

CEDICT

Examples

一定要有苹果。

Apples are necessary.

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你一定要帮帮她。

It is necessary for you to help her.

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你一定要帮助我们。

You must help us.

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你一定要好好记住。

You must bear it in mind.

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我一定要马上去吗？

Must I go there at once?

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一定要告诉他们喔。

Make sure you tell them.

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你们全部一定要读。

All of you have to read it.

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你一定要鼓起勇气。

You must build up your courage.

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地板一定要保持乾淨。

The floor must be very clean.

The floor must be kept clean.

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我一定要给汤姆投票。

I'll definitely vote for Tom.

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一定要有人照顾病人。

Somebody must care for the patient.

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玛格一定要完成学业。

Meg must continue her studies.

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我一定要把香烟戒了！

I'm definitely going to give up smoking!

I'm definitely going to quit smoking!

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他们一定要知道这件事。

They must know this.

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你一定要注意他的建议。

You must pay attention to his advice.

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我为什么一定要那么做？

Why do I have to do that?

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我为什么一定要知道呢？

Why must I know about it?

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选择朋友一定要十分谨慎。

You should choose your friends very carefully.

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这封信一定要用英文写吗？

Must this letter be written in English?

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明天，一定要给我打电话。

Mind you call me up tomorrow.

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Entry Composition

1 一定 yīdìng
  1. surely
  2. certainly
  3. necessarily
  4. fixed
  5. a certain (extent etc)
  6. given
  7. particular
  8. must
2 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important

Related entries

务必 wùbì
  1. must
  2. to need to
  3. to be sure to
務必在三點鐘來。

Be sure to come at 3.

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合当 hédāng
  1. must
  2. should
他不适合当老师。

He is unfit to be a teacher.

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必得 bìděi
  1. must
  2. have to
他们坚持认为日常锻练是必得表出的行为。

They insist that daily exercise is an action that must be done.

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总得 zǒngděi
  1. must
  2. have to
  3. be bound to
總得有過河的辦法。

There must be some way of traversing the river.

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非得 fēiděi (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
你不必什麼都非得自己來。

You shouldn't try to do everything by yourself.

Source: Tatoeba

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