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需要

xū yào
HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
  2. 2. needs

Example Sentences

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需要 ？
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13111613)
你們 需要 準備一個Ｂ計畫。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5551578)
有槍 ，誰還 需要 科學？
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10995757)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 需要

需要是发明之母
xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ

Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).

基本需要
jī běn xū yào

basic necessity

Child Words of 需要

要
yāo

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

需
xū

to require

要
yào

to want; to need; to ask for