NEED  需要

LACK AND be DISTRESSED BECAUSE of that.
REQUIREBE IN NEED OFHAVE NEED OFWANTBE CRYING OUT FORBE DESPERATE FORDEMANDCALL FORNECESSITATEENTAILINVOLVELACKBE WITHOUTBE SHORT OF
Antonym
  • SUFFICIENTABUNDANT so as to PROVIDE what is NEEDED.
    Hypernym
    • LACKSITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE.
      • SITUATIONRELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT.
        • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
          • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
    Hyponym
    • HUNGRY NEED FOOD FOR ONESELF NOW.
      • COST NEEDED TO be PAID WHEN ONE INTENDS to BUY SOMETHING. 
        • THIRSTY NEED LIQUID to DRINK NOW.
          Old Chinese Criteria
          1. The current general word for needing something is xū 須, and this word does not refer to a general need, but only to a need for a certain purpose.

          2. Bì 必 can refer to a logical or practical precondition for something.

          3. Jí 急 (ant.* yǒu yú 有餘 "have more than enough") refers to a desperate state which can be said to be a state where one is in need of help and supplies.

          4. Yòng 用 is sometimes used to refer not to the use of something but the need for it, especially in rhetorical questions.

          Modern Chinese Criteria
          需要

          需求

          要求





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          • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 9.93

          • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 503

            DEFECTUS necessarij alicujus absentia.

            Detailed analysis.

            EGERE necessariis destitui. Qvi ergo aliqvem egere dicit, tria dicit 1. qviquvid illi necessarium. 2. qvod ille not habet. 3. cujus sensu afficitur.

          • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 55B

          • Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe ( KOSELLECK 1972-97) p. 1.440-489

          • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.876

          • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 1.765

            BEDUERFNIS

          • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 55B

          Words

            bì OC: piɡ MC: pit 29 AttributionsWD

          Bì 必 can refer to a logical or practical precondition for something.

            Syntactic words
          • v[adN]subjectwhat is necessary, what there is an urgent need for
          • vt+NPab{S}it is definitely required that S; it is necessary that S
          • vt+V[0]absolutely need to
          • vtoNdefinitely need; feel the need for; have any real need for
            jí OC: krɯb MC: kip 28 AttributionsWD

          Jí 急 (ant.* yǒu yú 有餘 "have more than enough") refers to a desperate state which can be said to be a state where one is in need of help and supplies.

            Word relations
          • Ant: 富/RICH The general word for wealth is fù 富 (ant. pín 貧 "poor"), and the word has a remarkably wide range of syntactic roles.
          • Synon: 重/IMPORTANT Zhòng 重 (ant. qīng 輕"of no consequence") focusses on what carries considerable weight in a certain context.

            Syntactic words
          • nabstativeexigencies, urgent needs; urgent concerns
          • vibe urgently needed, be of urgent importance
          • vt+prep+Ngradedbe more urgently needed than
          • vtoNstativeneed urgently; be preoccupied by the need of
            xū OC: so MC: si̯o 21 AttributionsWD

          The current general word for needing something is xū 須, and this word does not refer to a general need, but only to a need for a certain purpose.

            Syntactic words
          • nwhat is needed > necessities
          • vt(oN)need the contextually determinate object N
          • vt+Npro{Q}.postVtneed to
          • vt+prep+Nhave need for N
          • vt+V[0]need to; it is necessary to
          • vtoNZHUANG 13: require, need;
            yòng OC: k-loŋs MC: ji̯oŋ 7 AttributionsWD

          Yòng 用 is sometimes used to refer not to the use of something but the need for it, especially in rhetorical questions.

            Syntactic words
          • vt+V[0]usually negated: (no) need to V (useless to V)
          • vt[0](oN1).adN2N2 which has use for the contextually determinate N1DS
          • vtoNYI.XICI: have use for, need
          必也  bì yě OC: piɡ lalʔ MC: pit jɣɛ 5 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPtopicwhat is required, what is needed
            dài OC: ɡ-lɯɯʔ MC: dəi 4 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vtoNneed, depend on (many examples from RELY ON need to be moved here)
          乏困  fá kùn OC: bob khuuns MC: bi̯ɐp khuo̝n 3 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPpluralneeds
            fá OC: bob MC: bi̯ɐp 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • nabneeds
          • v[adN]those who lack things > those who are in need > the needy
          • vtoNstativeneed, be short of
          當須  dāng xū OC: taaŋ so MC: tɑŋ si̯o 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPt+V[0]need to V (before being able to...)
          • VPt0oN.+Sthere is a need for the situation N to happen, then S...
            yù OC: k-loɡ MC: ji̯ok 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vt+V[0]need to V; colloquial English "wants to V"
          • vt[0]oNone needs N [attribute more of the examples!]CH
          事須  shì xū OC: dzrɯs so MC: ɖʐɨ si̯o 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPtoNneed
          應須  yīng xū OC: qɯŋ so MC: ʔɨŋ si̯o 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPtoNmust have, require, need
          要須  yào xū OC: qews so MC: ʔiɛu si̯o 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPtoNneed
          須要  xū yào OC: so qews MC: si̯o ʔiɛu 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPt+V[0]require that, need
          凍餧  dòng něi MC: tuwngH nwojX OC: tooŋs nuulʔLZ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPifeel cold and be hungryLZ
            qiàn OC: khleemʔ MC: khem
            qiǎn OC: khreemʔ MC: khɣɛm 0 AttributionsWD

            Word relations

            Syntactic words
          • nabstativebad harvest> lack of means of sustenance
            xū OC: sno MC: si̯o 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • nobjecta thing needed
          • vtoNpost-Han, LIUZI: : need (as men of talent);

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