必須

See also: 必须

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Verb

必須

  1. must; have to (used as an auxiliary verb)
    必須 [MSC, trad.]
    必须 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè dào kǎn bìxū děi guò. [Pinyin]
    You must go through this.
    員工返崗必須洗手 [MSC, trad.]
    员工返岗必须洗手 [MSC, simp.]
    Yuángōng fǎngǎng qián bìxū xǐshǒu. [Pinyin]
    Employees must wash hands before returning to work.
    沒有船票必須購票 [MSC, trad.]
    没有船票必须购票 [MSC, simp.]
    Méiyǒu chuánpiào de rén bìxū gòupiào. [Pinyin]
    Those without a boat ticket must purchase one.
    申請護照必須交出護照 [MSC, trad.]
    申请护照必须交出护照 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ shēnqǐng xīn hùzhào shí, bìxū jiāochū jiù hùzhào. [Pinyin]
    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
ひつ > ひっ
Grade: 4

Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 必須

Pronunciation

Adjective

(ひっ)() • (hissu-na (adnominal (ひっ)() (hissu na), adverbial (ひっ)() (hissu ni))

  1. indispensable, essential

Inflection

Noun

(ひっ)() • (hissu

  1. indispensability, a must
    • 2025 August 10 (last accessed), 天畠大輔 [Daisuke Tenbata], quotee, “第217回国会 参議院 厚生労働委員会 第11号 令和7年5月8日 [217th Diet, House of Councillors, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, No. 11, May 8, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library]:
      しかし、承認後の安全性、有効性の検証において、検証的臨床試験の実施は必須になっていません。
      Shikashi, shōnin-go no anzensei, yūkōsei no kenshō ni oite, kenshōteki rinshō shiken no jisshi wa hissu ni natte imasen.
      However, the conduct of confirmatory clinical trials is not mandatory to verify safety and effectiveness after approval.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

必須 • (pilsu) (hangeul 필수)

  1. hanja form? of 필수 (essential, required, indispensable)