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須

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Mandarin · pinyin xū

must
to have to
to wait

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须: xū · must, have to, necessary

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character · Etymology 1

must; have to; should
(alt. form 䇓／𰩧, 𩓣) (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to wait
(alt. form 需) (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to need
(literary) to halt; to bring to an end
(literary) to use
(literary, or in compounds) short moment
a surname, Xu

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