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要
yāo
1. to demand
2. to request
3. to coerce
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

要
yào
essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
HSK 2 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

主要
zhǔyào
main
HSK 3
偏要
piānyào
to insist on doing sth
切要
qièyào
essential
势要
shìyào
influential figure
只要
zhǐyào
if only
HSK 4
大要
dàyào
abstract
将要
jiāngyào
will
就要
jiùyào
will
待要
dàiyào
to be about to
得要
děiyào
to need
必要
bìyào
necessary
HSK 5
快要
kuàiyào
almost
急要
jíyào
urgent
想要
xiǎngyào
to want to
扼要
èyào
to the point
提要
tíyào
summary
摘要
zhāiyào
summary
HSK 6
政要
zhèngyào
important political leader
会要
huìyào
dynastic records of imperial China
概要
gàiyào
outline

Example Sentences (1)

昨天一个外地的好朋友打电话说要来旅游，让我当导游，我实在不好意思拒绝。
Zuótiān yí gè wàidì de hǎo péngyǒu dǎ diànhuà shuō yào lái lǚyóu, ràng wǒ dāng dǎoyóu, wǒ shízài bù hǎoyìsī jùjué.
Yesterday, a good friend from out of town called to say they wanted to come for some sightseeing and asked me to be the tour guide; I really was too embarrassed to refuse.
Text 3

Alternate Entries

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
HSK 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
25
Word Frequency Rank
17 of 84,292