必修

Chinese

		certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate
trad. (必修)		必	修
simp. ^#(必修)		必	修

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìxiū

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹ sau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-siu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìxiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìsiou
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-hsiu¹
  - Yale: bì-syōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshiou
  - Palladius: бисю (bisju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bit¹ sau¹
  - Yale: bīt sāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷ sau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bid¹ seo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-siu
  - Tâi-lô: pit-siu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pitsiw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ siu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁴⁴/

Verb

必修

to take a compulsory course

Adjective

必修

(attributive, of a course, textbook, etc.) required; compulsory; mandatory
必修科目 ― bìxiū kēmù ― compulsory subject

Antonyms

選修／选修 (xuǎnxiū)

Derived terms

必修課 / 必修课 (bìxiūkè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
必	修
ひつ > ひっ Grade: 4	しゅう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひっしゅう [hìsshúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [çiɕːɨː]

Noun

必(ひっ)修(しゅう) • (hisshū)

a must-study, a must-learn; a required course.
日本語(にほんご)会話(かいわ)の授業(じゅぎょう)は必修(ひっしゅう)です。
Nihongo kaiwa no jugyō wa hisshū desu.
You must take Japanese conversation class.

必修(ひっしゅう)の科目(かもく)は、５(いつ)つあります。
Hisshū no kamoku wa, itsutsu arimasu.
We have five compulsory subjects.

卒業(そつぎょう)までの必修(ひっしゅう)は何(なん)ですか？
Sotsugyō made no hisshū wa nan desu ka?
What are the requirements before graduating?

References

Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN