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

Example Sentences (10)

你们的飞机到北京要几个小时?
Nǐmen de fēijī dào běijīng yào jǐ gè xiǎoshí?
How many hours does your plane take to get to Beijing?
Text 3
我要去北京旅游,你觉得什么时候去最好?
Wǒ yào qù běijīng lǚyóu, nǐ juéde shénme shíhou qù zuì hǎo?
I want to travel to Beijing. When do you think is the best time to go?
Text 1
明天又要带我儿子去医院打针,想想我就头疼。他就怕打针,每次打针都哭得特别厉害。
Míngtiān yòu yào dài wǒ érzi qù yīyuàn dǎzhēn, xiǎngxiǎng wǒ jiù tóuténg. Tā jiù pà dǎzhēn, měicì dǎzhēn dōu kū de tèbié lìhai.
Tomorrow I have to take my son to the hospital for a shot again, and just thinking about it gives me a headache. He's afraid of shots; every time he gets a shot, he cries really hard.
Text 3
很远,坐公共汽车要一个多小时呢!
Hěn yuǎn, zuò gōng gòng qì chē yào yí gè duō xiǎo shí ne!
It's very far; it takes over an hour by bus!
Text 3
我要一斤饺子。
Wǒ yào yī jīn jiǎozi.
I want one jin of dumplings.
Text 3
没事,我们明天要去爬山。
Méi shì, wǒmen míngtiān yào qù páshān.
It's okay, we are going hiking tomorrow.
Text 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
下个星期我要去北京,今天过吧。
xià gè xīngqī wǒ yào qù běijīng, jīntiān guò ba.
I'm going to Beijing next week, let's do it today.
Text 4
谢谢,我要吃药,不喝茶了。
Xièxie, wǒ yào chī yào, bù hē chá le.
Thanks, I need to take medicine, so I won't drink tea.
Text 1
你要自己照顾好自己,我已经给你准备好吃的和喝的了。
Nǐ yào zìjǐ zhàogù hǎo zìjǐ, wǒ yǐjīng gěi nǐ zhǔnbèi hǎo chī de hé hē de le.
You need to take good care of yourself. I've already prepared food and drinks for you.
Text 2

Metadata

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