需要

to need / to want / to demand / to require / requirement / need

to require / to need / to want / necessity / need

to demand / to request / to coerce

important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important

Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).

basic necessity / fundamental need