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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)

不要
bùyào
don't!
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

Example Sentences (6)

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
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
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
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
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

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