要 yāo ㄧㄠ to demand to coerce bound form 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 Where 要 is used Example sentences and grammar articles using 要 Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0