須要

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

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

must; have to; should

Synonyms

須／须 (xū)

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