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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)

要是
yàoshi
if
HSK 4
要末
yàome
variant of [[要麼|要么<yàome>]]
要击
yāojī
to intercept
要旨
yàozhǐ
the gist (of a text or argument)
要晕
yāoyūn
confused
要有
yàoyǒu
to need
要嘛
yàoma
either ...
要挟
yāoxié
to threaten
要员
yàoyuán
key participant
要命
yàomìng
to cause sb's death
HSK 6
要好
yàohǎo
to be on good terms
要径
yàojìng
important path
要害
yàohài
crucial
要强
yàoqiáng
eager to excel
要事
yàoshì
important matter
只要
zhǐyào
if only
HSK 4
自要
zìyào
so long as
要得
yàodé
good
要不
yàobù
otherwise
HSK 5
要件
yàojiàn
key document

Example Sentences (7)

我要跟周经理去外地办事，明天的飞机。
wǒ yào gēn zhōu jīnglǐ qù wàidì bànshì,míngtiān de fēijī.
I'm going out of town with Manager Zhou on business. The flight is tomorrow.
Text 2
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
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
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

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