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All HSK 3.0 Level 1 words

要

yào

In Mandarin Chinese, 要 (yào) means “to want; will; need to”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. to want
  2. will
  3. need to

Other readings: yāo — to demand; to coerce

Stroke order

Examples

  • 我明天要去北京。
    Wǒ míngtiān yào qù Běijīng.
    I will go to Beijing tomorrow.

Characters

要
yào
to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to
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