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要
yāo
to want
HSK 2Uncommon
What does 要 mean?
要 (pinyin: yāo) means to want. It belongs to the official HSK 2 vocabulary (elementary), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 要
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 要
Related HSK 2 words
| 着 | zhāo | in the middle of (doing something) |
| 还 | Huán | still, yet |
| 到 | dào | arrive |
| 也 | Yě | also, too |
| 就 | jiù | then; right away |
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