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需求

xū qiú

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

需求 (xū qiú) means "demand, requirement". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 需求 means

1. requirement
2. to require
3. economicsdemand

The characters in 需求

• 需xūto require; to need; to want
• 求qiúto seek; to look for; to request

Example sentences

• 价格反映着需求。
  Price reflects demand.
• 价格根据需求变化。
  The price varies with demand.
• 食物和饮料是物质需求。
  Shíwù hé yǐnliào shì wùzhì xūqiú.
  Food and drink are material needs.
• 价格取决于供给和需求。
  Jiàgé qǔjué yú gōngjǐ hé xūqiú.
  Prices depend on supply and demand.
• 我们必须降低能源需求。
  We must reduce energy demand.
• 阿尔及利亚对糖的需求正在增加
  ā'ěrjílìyà duì táng de xūqiú zhèngzài zēngjiā
  Algeria's appetite for sugar is increasing.

Words starting with 需求

• 需求层次理论xū qiú céng cì lǐ lùn(Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology)

Words containing 需求

• 总需求zǒng xū qiúaggregate demand
• 社会总需求shè huì zǒng xū qiúaggregate social demand; total requirement of society

Where 需求 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xuǎn–xù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xū qiú correctly.
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