必需
Chinese
certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily |
to require; to need; to want to require; to need; to want; necessity; need | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (必需) | 必 | 需 | |
| simp. #(必需) | 必 | 需 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bit1 seoi1
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): bĭ-sṳ́
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bih6 sy1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: bìxū
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bìsyu
- Wade–Giles: pi4-hsü1
- Yale: bì-syū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshiu
- Palladius: бисюй (bisjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
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必須 / 必须
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: bit1 seoi1
- Yale: bīt sēui
- Cantonese Pinyin: bit7 soey1
- Guangdong Romanization: bid1 sêu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /piːt̚⁵ sɵy̯⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
必需
必須 / 必须
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-sî
- Hakka Romanization System: bidˋ xiˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: bid5 xi1
- Sinological IPA: /pit̚² si²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: bid siˋ
- Sinological IPA: /pit⁵⁻² si⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bĭ-sṳ́
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi²⁴ sy⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: bih6 sy1 [Phonetic: bih7 sy1]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bih-sṳ
- Sinological IPA (key): /piʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ ɬy⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: bih6 sy1 [Phonetic: bih7 sy1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /piʔ²⁻⁴ ɬy⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-su
- Tâi-lô: pit-su
- Phofsit Daibuun: pitsw
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ su³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-si
- Tâi-lô: pit-si
- Phofsit Daibuun: pitsy
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ si⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: big4 su1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pik su
- Sinological IPA (key): /pik̚²⁻⁴ su³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
Verb
必需
Usage notes
必須／必须 (bìxū) is used for subjective requirements, while 必需 (bìxū) is used for objective requirements.
Adjective
必需
- (attributive) essential; indispensable
Synonyms
- 必要 (bìyào)
Antonyms
- 非必需 (fēibìxū)
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 必 | 需 |
| ひつ Grade: 4 |
じゅ Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
/pit͡sud͡ʑu/ → /fit͡sud͡ʑu/ → /hit͡sud͡ʑu/
From Middle Chinese compound 必需 (pjit sju, literally “necessary + need, require, demand”). Compare modern Min Nan reading pit-su.
Pronunciation
Noun
必需 • (hitsuju)