必經

Chinese

		certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture
trad. (必經)		必	經
simp. (必经)		必	经

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹ ging¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìjing
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-ching¹
    • Yale: bì-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihjing
    • Palladius: бицзин (biczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bit¹ ging¹
    • Yale: bīt gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

必經

1. must go through; be sure to follow or take (some road, route, way, etc.)

   • 我預將大兵蔭蔽集結於敵必經通路之側，乘敵運動之際，突然前進，包圍而攻擊之，打他一個措手不及，迅速解決戰鬥。 [MSC, trad.]
     我预将大兵荫蔽集结于敌必经通路之侧，乘敌运动之际，突然前进，包围而攻击之，打他一个措手不及，迅速解决战斗。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒ yù jiāng dàbīng yìnbì jíjié yú dí bìjīng tōnglù zhī cè, chéng dí yùndòng zhī jì, tūrán qiánjìn, bāowéi ér gōngjī zhī, dǎ tā yīge cuòshǒubùjí, xùnsù jiějué zhàndòu. [Pinyin]

     We should concentrate a big force under cover beforehand alongside the route which the enemy is sure to take, and while he is on the move, advance suddenly to encircle and attack him before he knows what is happening, and thus quickly conclude the battle.

Derived terms

• 必經之路／必经之路 (bìjīngzhīlù)