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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-su / pit-si

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• 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:

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      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

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-su
    • Tâi-lô: pit-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitsw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /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/

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

(deprecated template usage) 必需

1. (attributive) essential; indispensable

Antonyms

• 非必需 (fēibìxū)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

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

Etymology

/pit͡sud͡ʑu/ → /fit͡sud͡ʑu/ → /hit͡sud͡ʑu/

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

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