要

HSK 1#19 by frequencyradical 覀

yào["v"]

to want; to need; to ask for; need to; should; will; shall; about to; if (same as 是); (bound form) important

yāo

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

Examples

他要钱。

He wants the money.

要守时！

Be punctual.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.