必需

Chinese

		certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to require; to need; to want to require; to need; to want; necessity; need
trad. (必需)		必	需
simp. #(必需)		必	需

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹ seoi¹
• Northern Min (KCR): bĭ-sṳ́
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pit-su / pit-si

  (Teochew, Peng'im): big⁴ su¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìsyu
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-hsü¹
    • Yale: bì-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshiu
    • Palladius: бисюй (bisjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 必需 必須／必须

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bit¹ seoi¹
    • Yale: bīt sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷ soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹ sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵ sɵy̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 必需 必須／必须

• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bĭ-sṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴ sy⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-su
    • Tâi-lô: pit-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitsw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-si
    • Tâi-lô: pit-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitsy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ si⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: big⁴ su¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pik su
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pik̚²⁻⁴ su³³/

Verb

必需

1. to need; to require (especially when used as an auxiliary verb)

Usage notes

必須／必须 (bìxū) is used for subjective requirements, while 必需 (bìxū) is used for objective requirements.

Adjective

必需

1. (attributive) essential; indispensable

Synonyms

• 必要 (bìyào)

Antonyms

• 非必需 (fēibìxū)

Derived terms

• 必需品 (bìxūpǐn)
• 必需氨基酸 (bìxū ānjīsuān)
• 必需脂肪酸 (bìxū zhīfángsuān)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
必	需
ひつ Grade: 4	じゅ Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

/pit͡sud͡ʑu/ → /fit͡sud͡ʑu/ → /hit͡sud͡ʑu/

From Middle Chinese compound 必需 (pjit sju, literally “necessary + need, require, demand”). Compare modern Min Nan reading pit-su.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひつじゅ [hìtsújú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çit͡sɨᵝʑɨᵝ]

Noun

必(ひつ)需(じゅ) • (hitsuju) 

1. need, necessity, requirement, essentialness, indispensability

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 必需品(ひつじゅひん) (hitsujuhin): necessaries, a necessary item, necessity, essential goods