要 yào, yāo — to want; to ask for; to demand
要
Level 1 · Common HSK 2 #1441
yào yao4
Basic definition
verb
Detailed explanation
noun
adjective
verb
- hold (a strategic point);guard e.g 要衡 · 要壤
- want;ask for;beg e.g 要钱 · 要嘴吃
- wish to;want to e.g 要货 · 要待
- let;allow
- should;must e.g 要自 · 要须 · 要当
- be going to e.g 要下雨了
- compare
conjunction
- if;suppose;in case e.g 要得 要不价
- or;either…or…
yāo yao1
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
noun
- (象形。小篆字形。中间象人形,两旁为两手形。表示两手叉腰。本义:人腰)
- waist e.g 要膂 · 要章 · 要支
- suburb e.g 要服 · 要荒 · 要蛮
- 姓
Related words
- 需要 to need; need; requirement
- 重要 important; major; key
- 要求 to require; to demand; requirement
- 主要 main; principal
- 只要 if only/so long as
- 必要 necessary; essential; indispensable; needed
- 就要 about to; on the point of
- 要闻 important news story/headline
- 要是 if; supposing that
- 要素 essential factor; element; ingredient; factor
- 纲要 outline; essential points
- 首要 the most important
- 要紧 important; urgent
- 要么 or/either one or the other
- 至关重要 of vital importance; crucial; essential
- 不要紧 unimportant/not serious/it doesn't matter/never mind/it looks all right/but
- 将要 will; be about to
- 要务 key task/important affair
- 要不是 if it were not for/but for
- 要不 or else; otherwise; how about