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Meaning of 要

Pinyin yào、 yāo

Radical

覀

Strokes

Definition

demand / ask / request / coerce, important / vital / to want / to be going to / must

Usage

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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.) --- 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.) --- 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). --- 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. --- 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.) --- 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.

要命 yào mìng

to cause sb's death / very / extremely / frightening / annoying

要塞 yào sài

stronghold / fort / fortification

必要劳动 bì yào láo dòng

Necessary labor

金匮要略 jīn kuì yào lüè

Synopsis of Golden Chamber

要害 yào hài

vital part / (fig.) key point / crucial

将要 jiāng yào

will / shall / to be going to

就要 jiù yào

will / shall / to be going to

只要 zhǐ yào

if only / so long as

必要 bì yào

necessary / essential / indispensable / required

不必要 bù bì yào

needless / unnecessary

必要条件 bì yào tiáo jiàn

requirement / necessary condition (math)

必要性 bì yào xìng

necessity

快要 kuài yào

almost / nearly / almost all

重要性 zhòng yào xìng

importance

想要 xiǎng yào

to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of

要挟 yāo xié

to threaten / to blackmail

简明扼要 jiǎn míng è yào

brief and to the point (idiom) / succinct

扼要 è yào

to the point / concise

摘要 zhāi yào

summary / abstract

要冲 yào chōng

road hub / major crossroad

撮要 cuō yào

brief points / make an abstract

要旨 yào zhǐ

the gist (of a text or argument) / the main points

要是 yào shi

(coll.) if

显要 xiǎn yào

prominent / eminent / important person / notable / dignitary

枢要 shū yào

central administrative unit

要求 yāo qiú

to request / to require / requirement / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand / CL:點|点[dian3]

概要 gài yào

outline

偏要 piān yào

to insist on doing sth / must do it, despite everything

正要 zhèng yào

to be just about to / to be on the point of

要死 yào sǐ

extremely / awfully

要津 yào jīn

key post

要犯 yào fàn

major criminal

主要矛盾 zhǔ yào máo dùn

principal contradiction

简要 jiǎn yào

concise / brief

要素 yào sù

essential factor / key constituent

索要 suǒ yào

to ask for / to request / to demand

要紧 yào jǐn

important / urgent

不要紧 bù yào jǐn

unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but

紧要关头 jǐn yào guān tóu

urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture

纪要 jì yào

minutes / written summary of a meeting

纲要 gāng yào

outline / essential points

不要脸 bù yào liǎn

to have no sense of shame / shameless

要么 yào me

or / either one or the other

主要 zhǔ yào

main / principal / major / primary

不要 bù yào

don't! / must not

至关重要 zhì guān zhòng yào

extremely important / vital / crucial / essential

需要 xū yào

to need / to want / to demand / to require / requirement / need

重要 zhòng yào

important / significant / major

还要 hái yào

still

首要 shǒu yào

the most important / of chief importance

要说 yào shuō

as for / when it comes to

要诀 yào jué

the key trick / the secret of success

要钱 yào qián

to charge / to demand payment

险要 xiǎn yào

strategically situated and easy to defend / strategic location

要隘 yào ài

strategic pass

需要量 xū yào liàng

requisite amount

需不需要 xū bù xū yào

Is there any need?

须要 xū yào

must / have to