何必 (why bother / no need)
Save yourself the trouble
- Subj + there is no need何必 + Predicate = a rhetorical "why bother / there's no need".
- there is no need何必so much这么polite客气 = "there's no need to be so polite."
- there is no need何必 gently argues an action is unnecessary.
Subj + there is no need何必 + Predicate
- there is no need何必 questions the point of doing something — expecting "no need".
you你why bother何必so这么polite客气。
- there is no need何必so much这么polite客气 = "why be so polite (there's no need)."
Explore
Correct or broken?
何必 asks the rhetorical why-bother: there's really no need.
Practice
There's no need to be so polite: 你 ____ 这么客气。
何必 + Predicate = why bother / no need: 何必这么客气.
Practice
何必 is rhetorical — it argues an action is unnecessary.
Yes — “why bother / there's no need”.
Recap
Key idea
- there is no need何必 + Predicate — "why bother / there's no need" (rhetorical)
- there is no need何必so much这么polite客气 · there is no need何必to get angry生气
- Argues, gently, that the action is unnecessary
Read the full reference: HSK 6 grammar — Adverbs.
Practice
A 何必 question expects the answer…
何必生气 = why get angry — i.e. no need to.