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demand / ask / request / coerce, important / vital / to want / to be going to / must
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要 [yào]
1. Request for something; to demand.
索取:~账。~价。
(Request: to settle accounts; to ask for a price.)
2. Hope or desire.
希望,想:~强。~好。
(Hope or desire: to be strong in wanting; to be fond of.)
3. To ask or request.
请求:她~我给她读报。
(Request: She asked me to read the newspaper for her.)
4. Significant; worth noting.
重大,值得重视的:重~。~人。~领。纲~。~言不烦。
(Significant: major significance; important person; lead figure; essential points.)
5. Should or must.
应该,必须:须~。
(Should: must do so.)
6. Will; indicates future action.
将(jiāng):将~。快~。
(Will: is going to; will soon.)
7. If; suppose.
如果,倘若:~是。
(If: supposing that; it is.)
8. To indicate choice.
表选择:~么。~不。~不然。
(To indicate choice: whether... or not.)
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要 [yào]
名 (Noun)
1. Key point; summary.
要点,纲要 ([En.] important point.)
Example: 纪要 (to summarize / record key points).
2. Counting book.
计数的簿书 ([En.] book.)
Example: 要会 (accounting; ledger).
3. Power or authority.
权柄 ([En.] power.)
Example: 要贵 (to be powerful; an influential person).
4. Important position or role.
指重要的地位或职务 ([En.] important position.)
5. Straw rope; cord.
要子 ([En.] straw rope; cord).
Example: 打要子 (to make a straw rope).
6. Scheme or plan.
总要 ([En.] scheme.)
7. Surname.
姓 ([En.] surname.)
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要 [yào]
形 (Adjective)
1. Important; essential.
重要,重大 ([En.] important; essential.)
Example: 要务 (important affairs).
2. Concise and to the point.
简要 ([En.] concise and to the point.)
3. Significant in status.
地位显要 ([En.] powerful and influential.)
4. Strategic.
险要,与战略有关的 ([En.] strategic).
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要 [yào]
动 (Verb)
1. Guard or hold a strategic point.
扼守。谓扼守险要 ([En.] hold (a strategic point); guard.)
2. To request; demand.
讨。表示希望将某种事物归自己所有 ([En.] want; ask for; beg.)
3. Wish for; desire.
想要,希望 ([En.] wish to; want to.)
4. To let; allow.
使;让;叫 ([En.] let; allow.)
5. Should; must.
应当;必须 ([En.] should; must.)
6. Going to; will.
即将来临 ([En.] be going to.)
7. To indicate a comparison or estimate.
表示比较;估计 ([En.] compare.)
8. To indicate a hypothesis, equivalent to "if."
表示假设,相当于“如果”、“倘若” ([En.] if; suppose; in case.)
9. To indicate selection, equivalent to either...or...
表示选择,相当于要么…要么 ([En.] or; either...or...)
10. See yāo.
另见 yāo.
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要 [yāo]
名 (Noun)
1. Waist; the ancient character for "waist."
“腰”的古字 ([En.] waist.)
2. One of the five cloths used in history, referring to areas 1500 to 2000 li from the capital.
五服之一。古代指离都城一千五百里至二千里的地区 ([En.] suburb.)
3. Surname.
姓 ([En.] surname.)
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要 [yāo]
动 (Verb)
1. To invite; request.
约请;邀请 ([En.] invite.)
2. To make a solemn promise or oath regarding something.
约言。以明誓的方式就某事作出庄严的承诺或表示某种决心。 ([En.] ally; promise; pledge.)
3. To seek or pursue.
通“徼”( jiǎo)。探求;求取 ([En.] seek; pursue.)
4. To intercept.
通“邀”。拦阻;截击 ([En.] intercept.)
5. To meet or welcome.
迎候;迎接 ([En.] meet.)
6. To restrain or prohibit.
约束;禁止 ([En.] keep within bounds; restrain; prohibit.)
7. To force or coerce.
通“约”( yuē)。胁迫 ([En.] force; coerce.)
8. To join or meet.
和;会合 ([En.] join; meet.)
9. To examine or verify.
审察;核实 ([En.] examine; verify; check.)
10. See yào.
另见 yào.
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