要 Chinese English dictionary 要 translate 要 pinyin

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要

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
要 yào	要 \| 要* \| *要	to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important	HSK 1


要 yāo	要 \| 要* \| *要	(bound form) to demand; to coerce

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
要	要 \| 要* \| *要	9画襾西覀 + 3	yào, yāo, yǎo	necessary, essential; necessity	jiu3	1040.4 MWV