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


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