What is the difference between 需要 and 得?
What is the difference between 需要 and 得?

I think they both mean must or need to. When would you use one over the other? Are they interchangeable?

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What is the difference between 需要 and 得?
What is the difference between 需要 and 得?

I think they both mean must or need to.  When would you use one over the other?  Are they interchangeable?

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When both of them are followed by verb,they are interchangeable.But if you mean I need a glass of water(noun),then use 需要

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“得”indicates the following is something you dont want to do .for example,"我得走了"means i have to hit the road. try to translate "我得去工作了”

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需要much more means"need"which depends on you.For example"I need a sandwich."means"我需要一个三明治".

得means"have to",you have to follow it even you don't want to.For example"I have to go to work"我得去工作了。

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需要: need    得: have to