IDENTITY
需xūto need
HSK 2Top 250
CORE MEANING
to need
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to needHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 雨rain radical (yǔ)
- strokes
- 14
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱雨而
- rain (awaiting it)
- gives the sound xū (historical)
USAGE
Common words
需要xūyàoto need
需求xūqiúdemand
Graded examples
这个工作需要耐心。Zhège gōngzuò xūyào nàixīn.HSK4
This job needs patience.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 雷
LEARNING
Memory aid
Standing in the rain (雨) and yet (而) waiting — needing it to stop.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #250
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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