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Stroke order
需要 is written in 23 strokes across 2 characters.
- 需 — 14 strokes
- 要 — 9 strokes
Senses
- to need; to want; to demand; to require
- 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
需要 is pronounced xūyào and means “Cần”. 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.