Be on time.
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要
yāo
HSK 3.0 · 1HSK 2.0 · 2
yāo · jiu3 (Jyutping)
- (bound form) to demand; to coerce
yào · jiu3 (Jyutping)
- to want; to need; to ask for
- will; shall; about to
- need to; should
- if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5])
- (bound form) important
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Character breakdown
要
- Meaning
- necessary, essential; necessity
- Radical
- 覀
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿱覀女
- Cangjie
- MWV
- Four-corner
- 1040.4
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Example sentences
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