"What do you need?"

Translation: 您需要什么？

[TaylorLSho]

I showed this question to a native Chinese speaker and they said "您要什么？" should also be an acceptable answer. I've reported it.

[Joops8089]

You're correct but the point of this lesson is to teach us to use 需要.

[niche21stGmail]

what does 需 mean? What is the parpose of using it?

[ArchieCric]

What is thr difference between 你 and 您?

[Handrisuselo]

您 is the formal form of 你. In English, "you" is used for all people in all situations, but in some (or many) languages, there are informal & formal (politer) you.
- 你 (informal you): We use it to talk to people younger than you, peers, (best) friends, etc.
- 您 (formal/politer you): We use it to talk to people older than you, people that we respect or we recently recognize, e.g. parents, teachers, bosses, presidents, etc.

[SamKevin]

你 you (informal)
您 you (formal)

[Pogosticksteve]

您 is a formal form of 你, sort of like usted in spanish or vous in french. A shop owner might refer to a customer by 您. Im not sure about all of the appropriaye uses, but it's more formal or polite.

[SummerYin2]

您 is more polite (i think)

[Scott719850]

If you're going to say 你 is wrong you should indicate in the question that we need to put the formal version.

[amarianiello]

Why nin instead of ni?

[Dadada_z]

See the character? It has a heart part in it, its a polite way to say You

[FacelessSphinx]

Omg i just realized it. Thanks for pointing it out ❤️

[bnbnb2]

您 is much polite