要

On the HSK 1 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A1.

yào ㄧㄠˋ

    • to want to need to ask for
    • will shall about to
    • need to should
    • if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5])
    • important

      bound form

Other words read yào

In the same tone

All 7 words read yào

Other words read yào

In the same tone

All 7 words read yào

yāo ㄧㄠ

    • to demand to coerce

      bound form

Other words read yāo

Other words read yāo

How 要 is written

    部首 radical
    覀 a form of 襾
    笔画 strokes
    9, with 3 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    覀女

    Easy to confuse with 要

    Words with 要

    Words with 要

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