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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: bìxū
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshiu
  - IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    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:
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    必需
    必須／必须
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream 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

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

Adjective

必需

(attributive) essential; indispensable

Derived terms

必需品 (bìxūpǐn)
必需氨基酸 (bìxū ānjīsuān)

必需脂肪酸 (bìxū zhīfángsuān)

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)

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

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

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