必需

必需

Chinese

		certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to require; to need; to want to require; to need; to want; necessity; need
simp. and trad. (必需)		必	需

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹ seoi¹
• Min Nan (POJ): pit-su / pit-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: bìxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshiu
    • IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 必需 必須／必须

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: bit¹ seoi¹
    • Yale: bīt sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷ soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹ sêu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵ sɵy̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 必需 必須／必须

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-su
    • Tâi-lô: pit-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitsw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /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 ɕi⁴⁴/

Verb

必需

1. to need; to require (especially when used as an auxiliary verb)

Adjective

必需

1. (attributive) essential; indispensable

Antonyms

• 非必需 (fēibìxū)

Derived terms

必需品 (bìxūpǐn) 必需氨基酸 (bìxū ānjīsuān)

必需脂肪酸 (bìxū zhīfángsuān)

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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

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ひつじゅ [hìtsújú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [çit͡sɨᵝʑɨᵝ]

Noun

必需 (hiragana ひつじゅ, rōmaji hitsuju)

1. need, necessity, requirement, essentialness, indispensability

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 必需品 (ひつじゅひん) (hitsujuhin): necessaries, a necessary item, necessity, essential goods

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN