HSK 3 vocabulary › 需要
需要
需要 in English: to need; to want
xū yào
to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
How to pronounce 需要
xū yào (without tone marks: xu yao). xū is a first (high, level) tone; yào is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 需要
需 xū
to require; to need; to want
to require; to need; to want
要 yào
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
Example sentences with 需要
| 那一刻，我明白成功不一定需要最快。 | from A Decision on the Great Wall |
| 她不需要很多东西，只希望有人陪她说话。 | from A Weekend Helping Older People |
| 环境改变需要个人行动，也需要长期合作。 | from Plastic Bottles by the River |
Related words
| 要 | yào | to want; to need | HSK 2 |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request; to require | HSK 3 |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant | HSK 3 |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal | HSK 3 |
| 要是 | yào shi | if | HSK 4 |
| 只要 | zhǐ yào | if only; so long as | HSK 4 |
| 必要 | bì yào | necessary; essential | HSK 5 |
| 不要紧 | bù yào jǐn | unimportant; not serious | HSK 5 |
| 次要 | cì yào | secondary | HSK 5 |
| 要不 | yào bù | otherwise; or else | HSK 5 |