don't!; must not

to have to / must / ought to / to need to

ought to; should; must

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著｜着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就) / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

should / ought to / probably / must be / to deserve / to owe / to be sb's turn to do sth / that / the above-mentioned

ten million / countless / many / one must by all means

to have to / must / compulsory / necessarily

to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must

lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb) / fig. something unpleasant or embarrassing cannot be avoided forever; sooner or later one must face it

"The Wind Blows", a game in which one player calls out a category, all players who match it must change seats, and the person left without a seat becomes "it" (鬼)

certainly / must / will / necessarily

to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must

cannot / must not / should not

cannot; should not; must not

must not / cannot / to not allow / cannot tolerate

must / have to

must / to need to / to be sure to

not to allow / must not / can't

must

the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success

must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot

all good things must come to an end (idiom)

height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last

lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason / no smoke without fire

(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must

to need / must

lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public

must / to have to / to wait

you must not / Please don't... / be sure not to / on no account (do it)

lit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose / fig. you bet, you pay

without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules

lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed / I am not at liberty to inform you.

lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.

lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom) / fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public

without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules

a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept

collective karma (Buddhism) / consequences that all must suffer

necessary / must have

A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood.

beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)

without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules

key information / instructions / it must be borne in mind

when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)

a debt of blood must be paid in blood; blood calls for blood / also pr. [xue4 zhai4 xie3 chang2]

cannot be used / must not (do sth) / unacceptable

to need / to require / must have

A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood.

(dialect) must not; please don't (contracted form of 勿要)

In order to capture, one must let loose. / to loosen the reins only to grasp them better

promises must be kept

lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept

each word carries weight / a promise must be kept (idiom)

to insist on doing sth / must do it, despite everything

Excuse me, I must be leaving now.

Facebook (Internet slang, pun reading "you must die")

must / should

one must be a man of his word and resolute in his work (proverb)

must; have to

lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (proverb, from Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义) / fig. things are constantly changing

military orders are like mountains (idiom) / a military order must be obeyed

responsibility must lie where it belongs (idiom)

lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom) / fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him

(Tw) (slang) don't; must not; won't do (from Taiwanese 毋通, Tai-lo pr. [m̄-thang], similar to Mandarin 不要 or 不行)

poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined / the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back

the show must go on (idiom)

lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it

lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it

to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example

to be unmentionable / be unspeakable / must / cannot but

must / have to / be bound to

even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)

lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed / I am not at liberty to inform you.

lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it

(dialect) don't; must not (contracted form of 不要)

(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order

the classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 詩經｜诗经 and The Book of Rites 禮記｜礼记)

If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her husband orders. / We must learn to accept the people around us.

(idiom) the road one must follow; the only way

to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming syllable must be classical first or second tone 平聲｜平声)

to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall