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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 要

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 要

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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

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