需要 xūyào▶ Necesitar; necesidad

Stroke order

需要 is written in 23 strokes across 2 characters.

• 需 — 14 strokes
• 要 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
2. needs

Example sentences

• 我需要你的帮助。Wǒ xūyào nǐ de bāngzhù.I need your help.
• 你需要买什么？Nǐ xūyào mǎi shénme?What do you need to buy?

Related words

• 主要principal
• 要求requisito
• 重要importante
• 要querer
• 只要siempre que
• 要是Si

需要 is pronounced xūyào and means “Necesitar; necesidad”. It belongs to the HSK 3 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 需要 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.