必需
bì xūㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩ
Sino-Vietnamese: TẤT NHU
Traditional: 必需
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5
Meaning(verb, verbal noun)
to need; to require; essential; indispensable
Examples
水是生活必需的东西。
shuǐ shì shēng huó bì xū de dōng xi.
Water is a necessity of life.
超市里卖各种生活必需品。
chāo shì lǐ mài gè zhǒng shēng huó bì xū pǐn.
The supermarket sells all kinds of daily necessities.
护照是出国必需的证件。
hù zhào shì chū guó bì xū de zhèng jiàn.
A passport is an essential document for travelling abroad.
Easily confused
- 必须 — 必须 (adverb) = must + verb; 必需 (adjective/verb) = essential, as in 必需品.
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Stroke order
TẤT · 5 strokes
certainly; must; will; necessarily
NHU · 14 strokes
to require; to need; to want; necessity; need
Related words
- 必须 bì xū — to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- 必要 bì yào — necessary; essential; indispensable; required
- 不必 bù bì — need not; does not have to; not necessarily
- 必然 bì rán — inevitable; certain; necessity
- 何必 hé bì — there is no need; why should
- 未必 wèi bì — not necessarily; maybe not
- 必定 bì dìng — to be bound to; to be sure to
- 务必 wù bì — must; to need to; to be sure to