需 meaning and pronunciation

需
Simplified/traditional character

需 English definition

xū
  • to require
  • to need
  • to want
  • necessity
  • need

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 吁 : sh; hush;
  • 呴 : breathe on; yawn; roar;
  • 嘘 : to exhale slowly; to hiss; hush!;
  • 墟 : ruins; (literary) village; variant of 圩[xu1]; country fair;
  • 媭 : (dialect) elder sister (old);
  • 嬬 : mistress, concubine; weak;
  • 戌 : 11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog;
  • 旴 : dawn;
  • 欨 : to blow or breathe upon to smile;
  • 歔 : to snort;
  • 盱 : anxious; stare;
  • 縃 : fine silk;
  • 繻 : fine silk;
  • 胥 : all; assist; to store;
  • 虚 : emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain;
  • 訏 : to boast; great; large;
  • 谞 : (literary) ability and wisdom; scheme; stratagem;
  • 鑐 : bolt of a Chinese lock;
  • 須 : To be
  • 须 : to have to; must; to wait;
  • 魖 : black; see 黑魖魖[hei1 xu1 xu1];

Sentences examples with 需

  • 我们需要一些帮助。
    Wǒmen xūyào yīxiē bāngzhù.
  • 我们需要自己做出选择。
    Wǒmen xūyào zìjǐ zuò chū xuǎnzé.
  • 你并不笨，只是需要更努力。
    Nǐ bìng bù bèn, zhǐshì xūyào gèng nǔlì.
  • 报名需要什么材料？
    Bàomíng xūyào shénme cáiliào?
  • 考试结束了，我们需要放松一下。
    Kǎoshì jiéshùle, wǒmen xūyào fàngsōng yīxià.

Words containing 需, by HSK level

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