需要

Chinese

		to require; to need; to want to require; to need; to want; necessity; need	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
simp. and trad. (需要)		需	要

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): seoi¹ jiu³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhui¹ yiau¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî-yeu
• Min Dong (BUC): sṳ̆-iéu
• Min Nan (POJ): su-iàu / si-iàu
• Wu (Wiktionary): xy iau (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: xūyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuyaw
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 需要 須要／须要

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ jiu³
    • Yale: sēui yiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ jiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ yiu³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhui¹ yiau¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ɬui³³ ʒiau³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-yeu
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi´ ieu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ yeu⁴
    • IPA: /ɕi²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯eu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-yeu
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi´ (r)ieu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ yeu⁴
    • IPA: /ɕi²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯eu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̆-iéu
    • IPA ^(key): /sy⁵⁵⁻⁵³ iɛu²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-iàu
    • Tâi-lô: su-iàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'iaux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³ iaʊ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² iaʊ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ iaʊ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ iaʊ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-iàu
    • Tâi-lô: si-iàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'iaux
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² iaʊ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xy iau (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ iɔ²¹/

Verb

需要

1. to need; to require

   我需要一位口譯員。 [MSC, trad.]
   我需要一位口译员。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xūyào yī wèi kǒuyìyuán. [Pinyin]

   I need an interpreter.

   這需要數分鐘。 / 这需要数分钟。  ―  Zhè xūyào shù fēnzhōng.  ―  This requires several minutes.

Noun

需要

1. need; requirement

   生理需要  ―  shēnglǐ xūyào  ―  biological need

2. (economics) demand

Derived terms

• 需要是發明之母／需要是发明之母 (xūyào shì fāmíng zhī mǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (需要):

• Japanese: 需 (じゅ)要 (よう) (juyō)
• Korean: 수요 (需要, suyo)
• Vietnamese: nhu yếu (需要)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
需	要
じゅ Grade: S	よう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

需要 (hiragana じゅよう, rōmaji juyō)

1. need, requirement
2. (economics) demand

Antonyms

• (economics): 供 (きょう)給 (きゅう) (kyōkyū)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
需	要

Noun

需要 • (suyo) (hangeul 수요)

1. Hanja form^? of 수요 (“need, requirement; demand”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
需	要

Noun

需要

1. Hán tự form of nhu yếu, “of prime necessity, necessary”