必要

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Idioms 1.2.3 References 2 Korean 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Derived terms 3 Mandarin 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.3 References

[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
必	要

[edit] Etymology

From 必 (hitsu), “‘without fail’”) + 要 (kyū), “‘require’”)

[edit] Noun

必要 (hiragana ひつよう, romaji hitsuyō)

1. need, necessity

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Idioms

• 必要なし (hitsuyō nashi): not required
• 必要とする (hitsuyō to suru): need, call for
• 必要ならば (hitsuyō naraba): if necessary
• 必要と認める (hitsuyō to mitomeru): judge as necessary
• 必要に応じて (hitsuyō ni ōjite): as necessary
• 必要は発明の母 (hitsuyō wa hatsumei no haha): necessity is the mother of invention

[edit] References

• The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. ISBN 0-19-860197-2

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Noun

필요 pil-yo

1. need, necessity

[edit] Derived terms

• 필요하다 pil-yo ha-da
  1. to have a need
  2. to be necessary, needed

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[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

必要

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ pi˥˩iau˥˩ ]

[edit] Adjective

必要 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bìyào)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) necessary; essential

[edit] References

• Wu, Jingrong (ed.) (1985). The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English). Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press. ISBN 0471867969.
• Shao, Jingmin (ed.) (2000). HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English). Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers. ISBN 7561720785.