Usage of the character 需
xū
需
[需]
- to require
- to need
- to want
- necessity
- need
bìxū
必需
[必需]
- to need
- to require
- essential
- indispensable
ànxū
按需
[按需]
- on demand; according to demand
jíxū
亟需
[亟需]
- to urgently need
- urgent need
jíxū
急需
[急需]
- to urgently need
- urgent need
jūnxū
军需
[軍需]
- military supplies
nèixū
内需
[內需]
- domestic demand
wúxū
无需
[無需]
- needless
tèxū
特需
[特需]
- special need
- particular requirement
xūqiú
需求
[需求]
- requirement
- to require
- (economics) demand
suǒxū
所需
[所需]
- necessary (for)
- required
xūyào
需要
[需要]
- to need; to want; to demand; to require
- needs
gōngxū
供需
[供需]
- supply and demand
gāngxū
刚需
[剛需]
- (economics) rigid demand; inelastic demand (abbr. for 剛性需求／刚性需求 (gāngxìngxūqiú))
jūnxūguān
军需官
[軍需官]
- quartermaster
bìxūpǐn
必需品
[必需品]
- necessity
- essential (thing)
fēibìxū
非必需
[非必需]
- inessential
zǒngxūqiú
总需求
[總需求]
- aggregate demand
jīběnxūyào
基本需要
[基本需要]
- basic necessity
- fundamental need
ànxūfēnpèi
按需分配
[按需分配]
- distribution according to need
gèqǔsuǒxū
各取所需
[各取所需]
- each takes what he needs (idiom)
bùshízhīxū
不时之需
[不時之需]
- a possible period of want or need
ànxūchūbǎn
按需出版
[按需出版]
- publishing on demand
huàxuéxūyǎngliàng
化学需氧量
[化學需氧量]
- chemical oxygen demand (an environmental indicator)
shēnghuóbìxūpǐn
生活必需品
[生活必需品]
- life's necessities
shèhuìzǒngxūqiú
社会总需求
[社會總需求]
- aggregate social demand
- total requirement of society
xūqiúcéngcìlǐlùn
需求层次理论
[需求層次理論]
- (Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology)
xūyàoshìfāmíngzhīmǔ
需要是发明之母
[需要是發明之母]
- Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
jiělíngháixūxìlíngrén
解铃还需系铃人
[解鈴還需繫鈴人]
- variant of 解鈴還須繫鈴人／解铃还须系铃人 (jiělíngháixūxìlíngrén)