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必需

bì xū

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

必需 (bì xū) means "essential; to need". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 必需 means

1. to need
2. to require
3. essential
4. indispensable

The characters in 必需

• 必bìcertainly; must; will
• 需xūto require; to need; to want

Example sentences

• 你必需马上去那儿。
  Nǐ bìxū mǎshàng qù nàr.
  It is necessary for you to go there immediately.

Words starting with 必需

• 必需品bì xū pǐnnecessity; essential (thing)

Words containing 必需

• 生活必需品shēng huó bì xū pǐnlife's necessities
• 非必需fēi bì xūinessential

Sounds the same

Read bì xū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 必须to have to; must; compulsory

Where 必需 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Necessity, Obligation & Avoidance (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bì xū correctly.
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