需要

xūyào

HSK 3 verb

to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs

In a story

“手册。”周洋说，“按照上面写的，请假需要提前三天申请。”“The handbook,” said Zhou Yang. “According to what it says here, leave needs to be applied for three days in advance.”新来的 · The New Hire · HSK 3

苏晴需要一个便宜的房子。Su Qing needed a cheap apartment.六楼的房客 · The Tenant on the Sixth Floor · HSK 4

Grammar with 需要

当 — when / at (the time of)

HSK 2

X着也是X着

X着也是X着 — since you're X-ing anyway

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