須 (seoi1 | xu1) : must; have to

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須

seoi1

xu1

[1] must; have to; need to
[2] await; wait for

须 is the simplified version for both 須 and 鬚.

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: (#181)

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

須 / 须

Don't confuse with:
順

This word has been viewed 9443 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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必須 bit1 seoi1 bi4 xu1 = must

須知 seoi1 zi1 xu1 zhi1 = need-to-know facts; preliminary instructions

毋須 mou4 seoi1 wu2 xu1 = not necessary, need not to

終須 zung1 seoi1 = to have to do in the end; to be unavoidable in the long run 粵

無須 mou4 seoi1 wu2 xu1 = not necessary, need not to

須要 seoi1 jiu3 xu1 yao4 = have to; need to

須臾 seoi1 jyu4 xu1 yu2 = moment; instant

醜婦終須見家翁 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 粵

務須 mou6 seoi1 wu4 xu1 = must; should

莫須有 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

月尾之前所有借讀嘅書籍必須歸還圖書館。粵
All books are to be returned to the library before the end of the month.

旅遊業者不須擔心少了某種噱頭十足的用語而流失生意國
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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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 須
Unicode code for this character: U+9808 (off-site link)

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