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  seoi1   jyutping
  xu1   pinyin
[1] must; have to; need to
[2] await; wait for

is the simplified version for both and .
verb
Stroke count: 12
Level: 2
Radical: (#181)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
須 / 须

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This word has been viewed 7821 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Jan 2011 01:13

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detail  bit1 seoi1  bi4 xu1 = must
detail  seoi1 zi1  xu1 zhi1 = need-to-know facts; preliminary instructions
detail  mou4 seoi1  wu2 xu1 = not necessary, need not to
detail  zung1 seoi1   = to have to do in the end; to be unavoidable in the long run
detail  mou4 seoi1  wu2 xu1 = not necessary, need not to
detail  seoi1 jiu3  xu1 yao4 = have to; need to
detail  seoi1 jyu4  xu1 yu2 = moment; instant
detail  cau2 fu5 zung1 seoi1 gin3 gaa1 jung1  chou3 fu4 zhong1 zu1 jian4 jia1 weng1 = sooner or later one's shortcomings and faults will be shown to others
detail  mou6 seoi1  wu4 xu1 = must; should
detail  mok6 seoi1 jau5  mo4 xu1 you3 = feigned; made-up; trumped-up; fictitious
See all 13 compounds (CantoDict reports 11 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 2 examples containing 須
detail audio 月尾之前所有書籍必須歸還圖書館
All books are to be returned to the library before the end of the month.
detail 旅遊業擔心某種噱頭十足用語流失生意
The travel industry should not be unduly worried about businesses badly affected due to the cessation in the use of gimmicky linguistics of their promotions.

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