所需

suǒxū
  1. necessary (for)
  2. required

CEDICT

that which is needed; what is required; necessity

Wiktionary

Examples

我给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

该飞行器有两个直径 7 公尺巨大太阳能电池板，为其提供从太阳出发飞行 8.5 亿公里所需的动力。

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

这艘货运飞船将为太空站工作人员运送超过四吨的补给品、水、备件和实验硬件，其中包括完成太空站电力系统全面升级所需的六块新的锂离子电池。

The cargo craft will carry more than four tons of supplies, water, spare parts and experiment hardware for the station crew, including six new lithium-ion batteries needed to complete an overall update of the station’s electrical system.

Source: Tatoeba

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