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Usage of the character 須

[須]
  • must
  • to have to
  • to wait
héxū
何须
[何須]
  • there is no need
  • why should
xūgēn
须根
[須根]
  • fibrous roots
wúxū
无须
[無須]
  • need not
  • not obliged to
  • not necessarily
xūzhī
须知
[須知]
  • key information
  • instructions
  • it must be borne in mind
xūyú
须臾
[須臾]
  • in a flash
  • in a jiffy
xūhòu
须后
[須後]
  • aftershave
bìxū
必须
[必須]
  • to have to
  • must
  • compulsory
  • necessarily
yúxū
臾须
[臾須]
  • short period of time
  • a moment
xūwán
须丸
[須丸]
  • hematite Fe2O3
Xūmí
须弥
[須彌]
  • Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition
  • Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原 ( Gùyuán), Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
xūyào
须要
[須要]
  • must; have to
Héngxūhè
横须贺
[橫須賀]
  • Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)
xūhòushuǐ
须后水
[須後水]
  • aftershave
mòxūyǒu
莫须有
[莫須有]
  • groundless; baseless
Xūmíshān
须弥山
[須彌山]
  • Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition
  • Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原 ( Gùyuán), Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
Héngxūhèshì
横须贺市
[橫須賀市]
  • Yokosuka city and US naval base to the west of Yokohama, Japan
bùxūmànrén
布须曼人
[布須曼人]
  • bushman (African ethnic group)
jiělíngháixūxìlíngrén
解铃还须系铃人
[解鈴還須繫鈴人]
  • lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom)
  • fig. whoever started the trouble should end it
mǔdansuīhǎo,zhōngxūlüyèfúchí
牡丹虽好,终须绿叶扶持
[牡丹雖好,終須綠葉扶持]
  • Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.