须要 meaning in English

xūyào

must; have to

Traditional 須要18 strokes

Meaning of 须要

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xūyào
  1. must; have to

须要 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ必bì须xū要yào肯kěn定dìng。
You've got to be certain.
汤tāng姆mǔ,我wǒ们men必bì须xū要yào做zuò点diǎn什shén么me。
We have to do something, Tom.
我wǒ知zhī道dào什shén么me事shì必bì须xū要yào做zuò的de。
I know what must be done.
我wǒ必bì须xū要yào买mǎi圣shèng诞dàn礼lǐ物wù了le。
I have to buy Christmas gifts.
我wǒ明míng天tiān有yǒu必bì须xū要yào做zuò的de事shì。
I have things to do tomorrow.

Stroke order for each character

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须 xū · must · 9 strokes

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要 yào · to want · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 须要.

重要zhòngyàoimportant; significant; major
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
必须bìxūmust; to have to
只要zhǐyàoso long as; provided; if
就要jiùyàowill; shall
要求yāoqiúto request; to require
主要zhǔyàomain; principal; major; primary
快要kuàiyàonearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
需要xūyàoto need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
要是yàoshi(coll.) if
必要bìyàonecessary; essential
不要紧bùyàojǐnunimportant; not serious

Questions about 须要

What does 须要 mean?

须要 (xūyào) means "must; have to".

How do you write 须要?

须要 is made of 2 characters: 须 (9 strokes), 要 (9 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

How is 须要 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 须要 is written 須要.