NEED 需要須
LACK AND be DISTRESSED BECAUSE of that.
Antonym
- SUFFICIENTABUNDANT so as to PROVIDE what is NEEDED.
Hypernym
- LACKSITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE.
Hyponym
Old Chinese Criteria
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
需求
要求
求
需
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
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503 DEFECTUS necessarij alicujus absentia.
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EGERE necessariis destitui. Qvi ergo aliqvem egere dicit, tria dicit 1. qviquvid illi necessarium. 2. qvod ille not habet. 3. cujus sensu afficitur.
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Words
必 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
急 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
須 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;
用 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
待 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
乏 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...
欲 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
歉 qiàn OC: khleemʔ MC: khem
歉 qiǎn OC: khreemʔ MC: khɣɛm 0 AttributionsWD
- Word relations
- Syntactic words
- nabstativebad harvest> lack of means of sustenance
需 xū OC: sno MC: si̯o 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nobjecta thing needed
- vtoNpost-Han, LIUZI: : need (as men of talent);
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