所需

suǒxū
  1. necessary (for)
  2. required

CEDICT

that which is needed; what is required; necessity

Wiktionary

Examples

我給她的正是她所需要的。

I gave her just what she needed.

Source: Tatoeba

我觉得这就是我们所需要的。

I thought that that's what we needed.

Source: Tatoeba

你说新俄罗斯人？太棒了！这正是我们所需要的！

New Russians, you say? Wonderful! That's just what we need!

Source: Tatoeba

把恋人从3D换成2D可以有效地降低交际所需的费用。

By switching your lover from 3D to 2D, you may successfully reduce all social-interaction-related costs.

Source: Tatoeba

該飛行器有兩個直徑 7 公尺巨大太陽能電池板，為其提供從太陽出發飛行 8.5 億公里所需的動力。

The craft has two massive solar panels, 7 meters each, that will provide the power it needs to travel 850 million kilometers from the sun.

Source: Tatoeba

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Entry Composition

1 所 suǒ
  1. actually
  2. place
  3. classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
  4. that which
  5. particle introducing a relative clause or passive

classifier: 個
2 需 xū
  1. to require
  2. to need
  3. to want
  4. necessity
  5. need

Containing this entry

各取所需 gèqǔsuǒxū each takes what he needs (idiom)

Related entries

不可或缺 bùkěhuòquē
  1. necessary
  2. must have
空氣是生命中不可或缺的。

Air is indispensable to life.

Source: Tatoeba

必要 bìyào
  1. necessary
  2. essential
  3. indispensable
  4. required
沒必要擔心。

There's no reason to be alarmed.

Source: Tatoeba

必修 bìxiū
  1. (of an academic course) required
  2. compulsory