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要

yào

Novice Level 1 ★ Core word
VerbAuxiliary verbTransitive stative verb

要 (yào) is a Chinese word meaning “to want; to need; to ask for”. It sits at TOCFL Level 1 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是)
  5. (bound form) important

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Example

你要什麼？

What do you want?

Related words at this level

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).