Translation of 要 to English with examples of 要 -Chinese-English dictionary Trainchinese

要

yào

v. need; want; ask for, demand; request

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Other meanings

[yào] av. would like to, will; should, must; be about to; be determined to do; might (used to indicate an estimate)
[yāo] char. demand, ask; force coerce; variant of 邀
[yào] conj. if, in case
[yào] char. essential points; important

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CHARACTER COMPOSITION

RADICAL

襾 west (for 要)

女 woman (for 要)

CHARACTERS CONTAINING '要'

'要' is part of the following simplified words:
腰

'要' is part of the following traditional words:
腰

SIMILAR CHARACTERS

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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.

EXAMPLES

要饭

要飯

yào fàn

v. beg (for food or money)

他又要了一千块钱。

他又要了一千塊錢。

tā yòu yào le yì qiān kuài qián

phr. He asked for 1000 RMB again.

这份工作要有经验的人来承担。

這份工作要有經驗的人來承擔。

zhè fèn gōng zuò yào yǒu jīng yàn de rén lái chéng dān

phr. This job needs someone who is full of experience.

你要的书

你要的書

nǐ yào de shū

nphr. the book you want/ ask for

要我帮忙吗？

要我幫忙嗎？

yào wǒ bāng máng ma ?

phr. Need my help? May I help?