須要

Chinese

		necessary; must; need	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
trad. (須要)		須	要
simp. (须要)		须	要

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ jiu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-iàu / si-iàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuyào
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹-yao⁴
    • Yale: syū-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuyaw
    • Palladius: сюйяо (sjujjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 需要 須要／须要

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ jiu³
    • Yale: sēui yiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ jiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ yiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-iàu
    • Tâi-lô: su-iàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'iaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² iau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ iau¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³ iau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ iau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-iàu
    • Tâi-lô: si-iàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'iaux
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴⁻²² iau²¹/

Verb

須要

1. must; have to; should

Synonyms

• 須／须 (xū)