需 要

xūyào

verbnounHSK 3

“To need” in Chinese is 需要 (xūyào).

Meaning

to need; to want; to demand; to require
needs

Example

我需要你。

I need you.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

xūHSK 314 strokesto require yàoHSK 19 strokesto demand; to coerce

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