要是

yàoshì

Novice Level 2* ★ Core word
Conjunction

要是 (yàoshì) is a Chinese word meaning “(coll.) if”. It sits at TOCFL Level 2* (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. (coll.) if

Stroke order

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Example

要是明天天氣好,我們就去爬山。

If the weather is good tomorrow, we'll go hiking.

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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).