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我需要水。

I need water.
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Practice path

Make this line survive without the page.

Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.

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Scene

When to use it

Asking for water when you need it, especially in a service or travel situation.

Risk

safe

For ordering politely at a restaurant, 一杯水 or 可以给我一杯水吗 is softer.

Literal

I need water.

需要 is a useful need word, and 水 is one of the first survival nouns learners actually use.

Examples

Say it inside real sentences.

Run the 4-step recall
01 I need a glass of water.
02 Could you give me a glass of water?

Mini dialogue

Hear the social move.

Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.

A What do you need?
B I need water.

Contrast

Do not blur these together.

01 I want water. Direct.
02 I need water.

Recall prompts

Check whether it survived.

01 · What does 我需要水 mean?

Answer: I need water.

需要 means need and 水 means water.

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02 · Fill the pinyin for 需要水。

Answer: xū yào shuǐ

需 is first tone, 要 is fourth tone, 水 is third tone.

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03 · How would you say: I need water?

Answer: 我需要水。

Use 我需要 plus the thing.

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