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yāo
to want

HSK 2Uncommon

What does 要 mean?

(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

I want to drink water.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing

Related HSK 2 words

zhāoin the middle of (doing something)
Huánstill, yet
dàoarrive
also, too
jiùthen; right away

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