Entry需xū要yào是shì发fā明míng之zhī母mǔNecessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).trad. 需要是發明之母Also written 需要是發明之母【xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ】Copy Listen Explore
需ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0to require, to need, to want, necessity, needPinyinxūStrokes14Frequency2668 of 2500Words starting with 需Words ending in 需Anywhere in a word
要ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0(bound form) to demand; to coercePinyinyāoStrokes9Frequency24 of 2500Words starting with 要Words ending in 要Anywhere in a word
是ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0to be (followed by substantives only), correct; right; true, (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well, (adverb for emphatic assertion)PinyinshìStrokes9Frequency5 of 2500Words starting with 是Words ending in 是Anywhere in a word
发ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0to send out, to show (one's feeling), to issue, to develop, to make a bundle of money, classifier for gunshots (rounds)PinyinfāTraditional發Strokes5Frequency2017 of 2500Words starting with 发Words ending in 发Anywhere in a word
明ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), surname Ming, Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer GodPinyinMíngStrokes8Frequency4563 of 2500Words starting with 明Words ending in 明Anywhere in a word
之ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, itPinyinzhīStrokes3Frequency475 of 2500Words starting with 之Words ending in 之Anywhere in a word
母ReplayHide orderStrokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0mother, elderly female relative, origin, source, (of animals) femalePinyinmǔStrokes5Frequency10584 of 2500Words starting with 母Words ending in 母Anywhere in a word