供需

gōngxū

noun HSK 7-9 #45,245

Meanings

HSK 6

房价上涨主要是供需矛盾造成的。

Fángjià shàngzhǎng zhǔyào shì gōngxū máodùn zàochéng de.

Rising house prices come mainly from a mismatch between supply and demand.

HSK 6

平台的作用是让供需双方更快对接。

Píngtái de zuòyòng shì ràng gōngxū shuāngfāng gèng kuài duìjiē.

The platform exists to connect the two sides of the market faster.

HSK 7-9

春节前后，市场供需明显失衡。

Chūnjié qiánhòu, shìchǎng gōngxū míngxiǎn shīhéng.

Around Spring Festival, supply and demand in the market go badly out of balance.

usage

Clipped from 供给 and 需求. It works as a modifier rather than a free-standing noun: 供需关系, 供需平衡, 供需双方.

mistakes

First tone on 供, the supplying sense. The fourth-tone 供 is a different word: offerings at a shrine, 供品, or a confession, 口供.

供 gōng

需 xū