需要
Pinyin: xū yào
to need
Example sentence
你需要帮忙吗？
Nǐ xūyào bāngmáng ma?
Do you need help?
What 需要 means
需要 (xū yào) is a Chinese word meaning “to need”. It belongs to the Work, Study & Feelings topic and appears at HSK 3 (and again in HSK 4), so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.