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要么

Traditional: 要麼

yào me

HSK 3.0 · 6

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yào me · jiu3 mo1 (Jyutping)

  1. or
  2. either one or the other

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

要

Meaning
necessary, essential; necessity
Radical
覀
Strokes
9
Components
⿱覀女
Cangjie
MWV
Four-corner
1040.4

么

Meaning
interrogative particle; small
Radical
丿
Strokes
3
Components
⿱丿厶
Cangjie
HI
Four-corner
2073.2

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