want; be going to; ask for; demand (v.)
HSK 2
Traditional
要 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Homophones
药 yào - medicine (n.) | HSK 2
Phonetically similar words
腰 yāo - waist; small of the back (n.) | HSK 5
摇 yáo - shake; wave; rock; turn (v.) | HSK 5
咬 yǎo - bite; snap at (v.) | HSK 5
Examples
我要去商店。 Wǒ yào qù shāngdiàn. - I want to go to the store.
我不想去商店。 Wǒ bùxiǎng qù shāngdiàn. - I don't want to go to the store.
我需要去商店买东西。 Wǒ xūyào qù shāngdiàn mǎi dōngxī. - I need to go to the store to buy something.
他们正在商店里购物。 Tāmen zhèngzài shāngdiàn lǐ gòuwù. - They are shopping in the store.
商店在这个街道上。 Shāngdiàn zài zhège jiēdào shàng. - The store is on this street.
Phrases
需要 xū yào - need (v.) | HSK 3
要求 yāo qiú - requirement (v./n.) | HSK 3
重要 zhòng yào - important (adj.) | HSK 3
主要 zhǔ yào - mainly (adj.) | HSK 3
要是 yào shi - if; suppose; in case (conj.) | HSK 4
只要 zhǐ yào - so long as ... (conj.) | HSK 4
必要 bì yào - requisite; necessary; essential (adj.) | HSK 5
不要紧 bú yào jǐn - not important; not serious It doesn't matter; never mind (adj.) | HSK 5
次要 cì yào - less important; secondary; subordinate (adj.) | HSK 5
要不 yào bù - otherwise; or else; or (conj.) | HSK 5
纪要 jì yào - summary; minutes (n.) | HSK 6
简要 jiǎn yào - concise and to the point; brief (n.) | HSK 6
首要 shǒu yào - of the first importance;chief (adj.) | HSK 6
要点 yào diǎn - main points; key points; essentials (n.) | HSK 6
要命 yào mìng - drive someone to their death (v.) | HSK 6
要素 yào sù - essential factor; key element (n.) | HSK 6
摘要 zhāi yào - summary; abstract (n.) | HSK 6