See also: 必须

Chinese edit

 
certainly; must; will
certainly; must; will; necessarily
necessary; must; need
trad. (必須)
simp. (必须)

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

必須

  1. must; have to (used as an auxiliary verb)
    必須 [MSC, trad.]
    必须 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè dào kǎn bìxū děi guò. [Pinyin]
    You must go through this.
    員工返崗必須洗手 [MSC, trad.]
    员工返岗必须洗手 [MSC, simp.]
    Yuángōng fǎngǎng qián bìxū xǐshǒu. [Pinyin]
    Employees must wash hands before returning to work.
    沒有船票必須購票 [MSC, trad.]
    没有船票必须购票 [MSC, simp.]
    Méiyǒu chuánpiào de rén bìxū gòupiào. [Pinyin]
    Those without a boat ticket must purchase one.
    申請護照必須交出護照 [MSC, trad.]
    申请护照必须交出护照 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ shēnqǐng xīn hùzhào shí, bìxū jiāochū jiù hùzhào. [Pinyin]
    You must hand over your old passport when applying for a new one.

Usage notes edit

必須必须 (bìxū) is used for subjective requirements, while 必需 (bìxū) is used for objective requirements.

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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ひつ > ひっ
Grade: 4

Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Middle Chinese 必須

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(ひっ)() (hissu-na (adnominal (ひっ)() (hissu na), adverbial (ひっ)() (hissu ni))

  1. indispensable, essential

Inflection edit

Noun edit

(ひっ)() (hissu

  1. indispensability, a must

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

必須 (pilsu) (hangeul 필수)

  1. Hanja form? of 필수 (essential, required, indispensable).