"Necessity" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 必然 | bì rán | inevitable / certain / necessity |   |
| 必要性 | bì yào xìng | necessity | |
| 必需品 | bì xū pǐn | necessity / essential (thing) | |
| 需 |  xū | to require / to need / to want / necessity / need | |
| 紧急避难 | jǐn jí bì nàn | necessity | |
| 危急情况 | wēi jí qíng kuàng | necessity | |
| 必然王国 | bì rán wáng guó | realm of necessity (philosophy) | |
| 必不可少组成 | bì bù kě shǎo zǔ chéng | absolute necessity / sine qua non | |
| 基本需要 | jī běn xū yào | basic necessity / fundamental need | |
| 需要是发明之母 | xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ | Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb). | |
| 必要状态 | state of necessity | | |
| 公共需要 | public necessity | |
