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要
yào
essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
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A woman 女 with hands on her waist 覀
HSK 2
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Words Using 要 (147)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
要
↗
yāo
to demand / to request / to coerce
2
yāo
要
↗
HSK 2
to demand / to request / to coerce
要
↗
yào
important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if
2
yào
要
↗
HSK 2
important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if
需要
↗
xūyào
to need / to want / to demand / to require / requirement / need
3
xūyào
需要
↗
HSK 3
to need / to want / to demand / to require / requirement / need
要求
↗
yāoqiú
to request / to require / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand / CL:[[點|点<diǎn>]]
3
yāoqiú
要求
↗
HSK 3
to request / to require / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand / CL:[[點|点<diǎn>]]
重要
↗
zhòngyào
important / significant / major
3
zhòngyào
重要
↗
HSK 3
important / significant / major
主要
↗
zhǔyào
main / principal / major / primary
3
zhǔyào
主要
↗
HSK 3
main / principal / major / primary
要是
↗
yàoshi
if
4
yàoshi
要是
↗
HSK 4
if
只要
↗
zhǐyào
if only / so long as
4
zhǐyào
只要
↗
HSK 4
if only / so long as
必要
↗
bìyào
necessary / essential / indispensable / required
5
bìyào
必要
↗
HSK 5
necessary / essential / indispensable / required
次要
↗
cìyào
secondary
5
cìyào
次要
↗
HSK 5
secondary