Need
"Need" in cmn
需求
xūqiú
(something required)
得
děi
(to be obliged to)
必要
bìyào
(to be obliged to)
必需
bìxū
(to be obliged to)
要
yào
(to want strongly)
需要
xūyào
(to have an absolute requirement for)
需要
xūyào
(to want strongly)
More for "need"
Next best steps
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.