需要 xūyào

1. xūyào verb to need; to want; to demand; needs; to require
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 需要更多时间 'need more time.' (VOA 2016-01-09a; CC-CEDICT '需要')
2. xūyào noun needs; requirements
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 特殊需要 'special requirements.' (XHN 2015-11-28)

Contained in

• 基本需要 basic necessity; fundamental need
• 需要是发明之母(需要是發明之母) Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 新疟疾疫苗 New malaria vaccine - Fragment b (2015-07-25) Media articles — count: 3
• 转基因食品 Genetically modified foods - Fragment e (2016-01-22) Media articles — count: 3
• 新疟疾疫苗 New malaria vaccine - Fragment c (2015-07-25) Media articles — count: 2
• 句子成分 Sentence Elements An Introduction to Chinese Grammar 汉语语法入门 — count: 2
• 國風‧召南‧江有汜 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Jiang You Si The Book of Songs 詩經 — count: 1
• 减压有术 The art of stress reduction - Fragment c (2016-01-16) Media articles — count: 1
• 气象卫星 Weather satellites - Fragment a (2015-11-28) Media articles — count: 1
• 密西根州用水紧急状态 Michigan water use state of emergency - Fragment b (2016-01-18) Media articles — count: 1
• 文学 Literature - Fragment g (2016-02-04) Media articles — count: 1
• 朝鲜导弹试验 North Korean Missile Test - Fragment a (2016-01-09a) Media articles — count: 1

Collocations

• 需要考虑 (需要考慮) 我们需要考虑一些问题 — Media articles, 新疟疾疫苗 New malaria vaccine - Fragment b (2015-07-25) — count: 3
• 需要结构助词 (需要結構助詞) 不需要结构助词 — An Introduction to Chinese Grammar 汉语语法入门, 句子成分 Sentence Elements — count: 2