CHARACTERS / YAO / HSK 2

要

yào to want.

to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是)

yāo (bound form) to demand.

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

HSK LEVEL 2 · TONE 4

Words with 要

  1. 主要zhǔ yàomain
  2. 要求yāo qiúto request
  3. 重要zhòng yàoimportant
  4. 需要xū yàoto need
  5. 只要zhǐ yàoso long as
  6. 要是yào shi(coll.) if

Also pronounced “yao”

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