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Traditional
Pīnyīn
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HSK
to need; to want; to demand; to require / needs
HSK 3
requirement / to require / (economics) demand
HSK 3
to need / to require / essential / indispensable
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *需* | 需* | *需
to require / to need / to want / necessity / need
HSK 7-9
to urgently need / urgent need
HSK 7-9
domestic demand
HSK 7-9
each takes what he needs (idiom)
(environmental science) biochemical oxygen demand; BOD
distribution according to need
supply and demand
necessity / essential (thing)
a possible period of want or need
(environmental science) chemical oxygen demand; COD
aggregate social demand / total requirement of society
military supplies
publishing on demand
life's necessities
to urgently need / urgent need
aggregate demand
necessary (for) / required
on demand; according to demand
(Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology)
quartermaster
(economics) rigid demand; inelastic demand (abbr. for 剛性需求|刚性需求)
basic necessity / fundamental need
external demand (demand for a country's goods and services from foreign markets)
needless
special need / particular requirement
Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
inessential


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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