gōngsī xūyào kòngzhì fèiyòng.

The company needs to control costs.

Breakdown of gōngsī xūyào kòngzhì fèiyòng.

• 公司gōngsī: company
• 需要xūyào: to need
• 费用fèiyòng: cost; fee
• 控制kòngzhì: to control

Questions & Answers about gōngsī xūyào kòngzhì fèiyòng.

What is the basic structure of 公司需要控制费用?

The sentence follows a very common Mandarin pattern:

Subject + 需要 + Verb + Object

So here it is:

• 公司 = company
• 需要 = need / needs to
• 控制 = control
• 费用 = expenses / costs

So the structure is:

The company + needs to + control + expenses

Mandarin often looks very direct like this, with no extra words needed between the main parts.

Why is there no word for to, as in needs to control?

In Mandarin, 需要 can be followed directly by a verb. You do not need a separate word for to.

So:

• 需要控制费用 = need to control expenses

You can think of 需要 + verb as already meaning need to do something.

Other examples:

• 我需要学习。 = I need to study.
• 他们需要休息。 = They need to rest.

So English uses to, but Mandarin does not.

Is 公司 singular or plural here?