必修

Chinese

		certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate
trad. (必修)		必	修
simp. #(必修)		必	修

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìxiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹ sau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-siu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìxiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìsiou
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-hsiu¹
    • Yale: bì-syōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshiou
    • Palladius: бисю (bisju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bit¹ sau¹
    • Yale: bīt sāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷ sau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹ seo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-siu
    • Tâi-lô: pit-siu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitsiw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁴⁴/

Verb

必修

1. to take a compulsory course

Adjective

必修

1. (attributive, of a course, textbook, etc.) required; compulsory; mandatory

   必修科目  ―  bìxiū kēmù  ―  compulsory subject

Antonyms

• 選修／选修 (xuǎnxiū)

Derived terms

• 必修課／必修课 (bìxiūkè)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
必	修
ひつ > ひっ Grade: 4	しゅう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

必(ひっ)修(しゅう) • (hisshū) 

1. a must-study, a must-learn; a required course.

   日本語(にほんご)会話(かいわ)の授業(じゅぎょう)は必修(ひっしゅう)です。

   Nihongo kaiwa no jugyō wa hisshū desu.

   You must take Japanese conversation class.

   必修(ひっしゅう)の科目(かもく)は、５(いつ)つあります。

   Hisshū no kamoku wa, itsutsu arimasu.

   We have five compulsory subjects.

   卒業(そつぎょう)までの必修(ひっしゅう)は何(なん)ですか？

   Sotsugyō made no hisshū wa nan desu ka?

   What are the requirements before graduating?

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN