| 必要 | bì yào | necessary / essential / indispensable / required |   |
| 所需 | suǒ xū | necessary (for) / required | |
| 必修 | bì xiū | (of an academic course) required / compulsory | |
| 不需要 | bù xū yào | unnecessary / not required | |
| 合格 | hé gé | to meet the standard required / qualified / eligible (voter etc) | |
| 过剩 | guò shèng | to be excessive / to be more than is required | |
| 必修课 | bì xiū kè | required course / compulsory course | |
| 急用 | jí yòng | to need sth urgently / urgently required | |
| 转移支付 | zhuǎn yí zhī fù | transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return) | |
| 多此一举 | duō cǐ yī jǔ | to do more than is required (idiom) / superfluous / gilding the lily | |
| 劳役 | láo yì | forced labor / corvée (labor required of a serf) / animal labor | |
| 虎符 | hǔ fú | tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.) | |
| 主科 | zhǔ kē | required courses in the major subject | |
| 大丈夫能屈能伸 | dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēn | A leader can submit or can stand tall as required. / ready to give and take / flexible | |
| 量腹 | liàng fù | to estimate how much food is required for a meal | |
| 显焓 | xiǎn hán | sensible enthalpy (thermodynamics) / energy required to go from one state to another | |
| 持用 | chí yòng | to have in one's possession and use when required | |
| 欧洲申请专利所需程序公约 | | European Convention relating to the Formalities required for Patent Applications | |
| 法定多数 | | majority required | |
| 投壶 | tóu hú | ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment | |
| 被执行人 | bèi zhí xíng rén | (law) person required to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement (e.g. to pay compensation to sb) | |
| 行动值 | xíng dòng zhí | (gaming) action points (points required to complete an action) / (Tw) action level (the level of concentration of a harmful substance at which remedial action is considered necessary) | |
| 赔钱货 | péi qián huò | unprofitable goods / item that can only be sold at a loss / daughter (so called in former times because daughters required a dowry when they married) | |
