須得

Chinese

		necessary; must; need	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
trad. (須得)		須	得
simp. (须得)		须	得

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūděi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄉㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūděi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄉㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuděi
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹-tei³
    • Yale: syū-děi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiudeei
    • Palladius: сюйдэй (sjujdɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ teɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

須得

1. must; have to (used as an auxiliary verb)

   • 我們仍然有很大的力量同日本作戰，而日本在整個戰爭中須得時時在其後方作防禦戰。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们仍然有很大的力量同日本作战，而日本在整个战争中须得时时在其后方作防御战。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒmen réngrán yǒu hěn dà de lìliàng tóng Rìběn zuòzhàn, ér Rìběn zài zhěnggè zhànzhēng zhōng xūděi shíshí zài qí hòufāng zuò fángyùzhàn. [Pinyin]

     We would still have ample strength to fight against Japan, while the Japanese would have to fight defensive battles in their rear throughout the war.

Synonyms

• 一定愛／一定爱 (Hakka)
• 一定要
• 務必／务必 (wùbì)
• 務期／务期 (wùqī) (literary)
• 務須／务须 (wùxū)
• 定著 (tiānn-tio̍h) (Min Nan)
• 得 (děi) (colloquial)
• 必得
• 必須／必须 (bìxū)
• 應當／应当 (yīngdāng) (law)
• 煞著 (Hokkien)
• 著愛／著爱 (tio̍h-ài) (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 非得 (fēiděi)