必須

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See also: 必须

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Verb

必須

  1. must; have to (used as an auxiliary verb)
    這道坎必須得過。 [MSC, trad.]
    这道坎必须得过。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè dào kǎn bìxū děi guò.
    You must go through this.
    員工返崗前必須洗手。 [MSC, trad.]
    员工返岗前必须洗手。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yuángōng fǎngǎng qián bìxū xǐshǒu.
    Employees must wash hands before returning to work.
    沒有船票的人必須購票。 [MSC, trad.]
    没有船票的人必须购票。 [MSC, simp.]
    Méiyǒu chuánpiào de rén bìxū gòupiào.
    Those without a boat ticket must purchase one.
    你申請新護照時，必須交出舊護照。 [MSC, trad.]
    你申请新护照时，必须交出旧护照。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ shēnqǐng xīn hùzhào shí, bìxū jiāochū jiù hùzhào.
    You must hand over your old passport when applying for a new one.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
必 須
ひつ > ひっ
Grade: 4 		す
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 必須

Pronunciation

Adjective

必(ひっ)須(す) • (hissu) -na (adnominal 必(ひっ)須(す)な (hissu na), adverbial 必(ひっ)須(す)に (hissu ni))

  1. indispensable, essential

Inflection

Inflection of 必須
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 必須だろ ひっすだろ hissu daro
Continuative (連用形) 必須で ひっすで hissu de
Terminal (終止形) 必須だ ひっすだ hissu da
Attributive (連体形) 必須な ひっすな hissu na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 必須なら ひっすなら hissu nara
Imperative (命令形) 必須であれ ひっすであれ hissu de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 必須ではない
必須じゃない 		ひっすではない
ひっすじゃない 		hissu de wa nai
hissu ja nai
Informal past 必須だった ひっすだった hissu datta
Informal negative past 必須ではなかった
必須じゃなかった 		ひっすではなかった
ひっすじゃなかった 		hissu de wa nakatta
hissu ja nakatta
Formal 必須です ひっすです hissu desu
Formal negative 必須ではありません
必須じゃありません 		ひっすではありません
ひっすじゃありません 		hissu de wa arimasen
hissu ja arimasen
Formal past 必須でした ひっすでした hissu deshita
Formal negative past 必須ではありませんでした
必須じゃありませんでした 		ひっすではありませんでした
ひっすじゃありませんでした 		hissu de wa arimasen deshita
hissu ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 必須で ひっすで hissu de
Conditional 必須なら（ば） ひっすなら（ば） hissu nara (ba)
Provisional 必須だったら ひっすだったら hissu dattara
Volitional 必須だろう ひっすだろう hissu darō
Adverbial 必須に ひっすに hissu ni
Degree 必須さ ひっすさ hissusa

Noun

必(ひっ)須(す) • (hissu) 

  1. indispensability, a must

Derived terms

References

  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

Hanja in this term
必須

Noun

必須 • (pilsu) (hangeul 필수)

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