Definition

1. Noun:
   • Necessities / Necessaries: Essential goods or items required for daily living and basic well-being. These are fundamental commodities that people need to live, rather than want.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Gạo, đường và dầu ăn được xem là những nhu yếu phẩm. (Rice, sugar, and cooking oil are considered necessities.)
  • Chính phủ ổn định giá cả các mặt hàng nhu yếu phẩm. (The government stabilizes the prices of essential goods.)
  • Cửa hàng này chuyên bán các nhu yếu phẩm cho người dân địa phương. (This store specializes in selling necessities for local people.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in formal, economic, or administrative contexts, such as in news reports, government policies, or business supply chains, when discussing the supply, pricing, or distribution of basic essential goods.
  • Công ty đảm bảo nguồn cung nhu yếu phẩm trong mùa bão. (The company ensures the supply of essential goods during the storm season.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mặt hàng thiết yếu (n): Essential goods. A very close synonym often used interchangeably.
• Nhu yếu (adj): Essential, necessary. The adjective form from which "nhu yếu phẩm" is derived.

Synonyms

• Essentials: Items that are absolutely necessary.
• Staples: Basic and important foods or goods that are used regularly.
• Basic commodities: Fundamental goods that are widely used and traded.

Related Concepts

• Hàng hóa thiết yếu: This is a more modern and commonly used phrase with the same meaning as "nhu yếu phẩm." It directly translates to "essential goods."
• Nhu cầu cơ bản (n): Basic needs. This refers to the fundamental human requirements (like food, shelter) rather than the physical goods themselves.

1. Necessities, necessaries