要 yào
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yào
verb
to want; to wish for
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CED 2 '要' yào 1; NCCED 2 '要' yào 1) -
yào
conjunction
if
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (CED 3 '要' yào 1; Guoyu '要' conj; NCCED 3 '要' yào 1) -
yào
adverb
to be about to; in the future
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (CED 2 '要' yào 5; Guoyu '要' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '要' yào 3, pp. 534-535; NCCED 2 '要' yào 7) -
yào
auxiliary verb
to want
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CED 2 '要' yào 3) -
yāo
noun
a treaty
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 盟约 (Guoyu '要' yāo n 2) -
yào
verb
to request
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CED 2 '要' yào 2; Guoyu '要' v 3; Kroll 2015 '要' yāo 2, pp. 534-535; NCCED 2 '要' yào 4) -
yào
noun
essential points; crux
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CED 1 '要' yào 2; Guoyu '要' n; Kroll 2015 '要' yào 1, pp. 534-535; NCCED 1 '要' yào 1) -
yāo
noun
waist
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 腰 (Guoyu '要' yāo n 1; Kroll 2015 '要' yāo 1, pp. 534-535) -
yāo
verb
to cinch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '要' yāo 1a, pp. 534-535) -
yāo
noun
waistband
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '要' yāo 1b, pp. 534-535) -
yāo
proper noun
Yao
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '要' yāo n 3) -
yāo
verb
to pursue; to seek; to strive for
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '要' yāo 2b, pp. 534-535) -
yāo
verb
to force; to coerce; to threaten; to compell; to intimidate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '要' yāo v 4; Kroll 2015 '要' yāo 3, pp. 534-535; NCCED '要' yāo 2) -
yāo
verb
to obstruct; to intercept
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '要' yāo v 5; Kroll 2015 '要' yāo 4, pp. 534-535) -
yāo
verb
to agree with
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '要' yāo v 1; Kroll 2015 '要' yāo 5, pp. 534-535) -
yāo
verb
to invite; to welcome
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '要' yāo v 2; Kroll 2015 '要' yāo 6, pp. 534-535) -
yào
verb
to summarize
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '要' yào 2, pp. 534-535) -
yào
verb
essential; important
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CED 1 '要' yào 1; Guoyu '要' adj 1; NCCED 1 '要' yào 2) -
yào
verb
to desire
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CED 2 '要' yào 1; NCCED 2 '要' yào 2) -
yào
verb
to demand
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '要' v 1; NCCED 2 '要' yào 3) -
yào
verb
to need
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: To need something that one already has (CED 2 '要' yào 6; Guoyu '要' v 2; NCCED 2 '要' yào 5) -
yào
verb
should; must
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CED 2 '要' yào 4; Guoyu '要' adv 2; NCCED 2 '要' yào 6) -
yào
verb
might
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Used in comparison (CED 2 '要' yào 7; NCCED 2 '要' yào 8) -
yào
conjunction
or
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 要不 (CED 2 '要' yào 2; Guoyu '要' conj 2; NCCED 3 '要' yào 2)
Contained in
- 不要脸(不要臉) to have no sense of shame; shameless
- 吃拿卡要 dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes; all kinds of abuse of power
- 要钱(要錢) to charge; to demand payment
- 要言妙道 essential theories and profound principles
- 非要 to want absolutely; to insist on (doing something)
- 择要(擇要) key points
- 要脸(要臉) to save somebody's face
- 必要性 necessity
- 一定要 must
- 要么(要麽) or
- 要紧(要緊) important; urgent
- 要义(要義) the essentials
- 要之 in brief; in a word
- 不要在一棵树上吊死(不要在一棵樹上吊死) don't insist on only taking one road to Rome; there's more than one way to skin a cat
- 要约(要約) to restrict; to agree to a contract; offer; bid
- 千万不要(千萬不要) we must never
- 势要(勢要) influential figure; powerful person
- 偏要 to insist on doing something; must do it, despite everything
- 要是 if
- 要不是 if it were not for; but for
- 要政 important governmental or administrative matter
- 要津 key post
- 要领(要領) midsection and neck ; main aspects; essentials; gist
- 重要 important; major
- 充要条件(充要條件) necessary and sufficient condition
- 要件 important condition; criterion; requirement; requisite; cornerstone ; a key document
- 硬要 firmly set on doing something; to insist on doing; determined in one's course of action
- 正要 to be just about to; to be on the point of
- 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针(只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針) If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.; cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle; to persevere in a difficult task
- 要犯 major criminal
- 要击(要擊) to intercept; to ambush
- 又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草(又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草) you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze
- 要旨 main idea
- 要事 important matter
- 正在要问(正在要問) just about to ask a question
- 扼要 to the point; concise
- 要不得 intolerable; unacceptable
- 贵要(貴要) elite class; nobility
- 只要 if only; so long as
- 概要 outline
- 要晕(要暈) confused; dazed
- 至關重要(至關重要) extremely important; vital; crucial; essential
- 要枢(要樞) important traffic hub; key crossroad
- 要子 straw rope
- 要加牛奶 with milk; white (of tea, coffee etc)
Also contained in
五家参详要路门 、 农桑衣食撮要 、 讯息摘要 、 唐会要 、 政府与中共代表会谈纪要 、 简要介绍
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷34 志第29 經籍三 Volume 34 Treatises 29: Bibliography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 103
- 卷二百〇七 志第一百六十 藝文六 Volume 207 Treatises 160: Arts and Literature 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 88
- 卷五十九 志第四十九 藝文三 Volume 59 Treatises 55: The Arts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 63
- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 47
- 第二回 Chapter 42 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 39
- 第三十二回 Chapter 32 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 37
- 卷四十七 志第二十七: 經籍下 Volume 47 Treatises 27: Literature 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 37
- 卷二百〇五 志第一百五十八 藝文四 Volume 205 Treatises 158: Arts and Literature 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 36
- 卷二百〇三 志第一百五十六 藝文二 Volume 203 Treatises 156: Arts and Literature 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 36
- 第二回 Chapter 62 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 35
Collocations
- 要节 (要節) 君要节而踊 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士丧礼 第十二 12. Mourning rites for the common officer — count: 7
- 主人要 (主人要) 主人要节而踊 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士丧礼 第十二 12. Mourning rites for the common officer — count: 6
- 执要 (執要) 右執要 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記上》 Miscellaneous Records I — count: 6
- 要盟 (要盟) 且要盟無質 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
- 要绖 (要绖) 閔子要绖而服事 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
- 要在 (要在) 其要在上 — Guanzi 管子, 君臣上第三十 Chapter 30: A Ruler and his Ministers I — count: 5
- 要遮 (要遮) 以知要遮 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十四 詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings — count: 3
- 要囚 (要囚) 要囚 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang — count: 3
- 黑要 (黑要) 其子黑要烝焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
- 守要 (守要) 分兵守要 — Art of War 孫子兵法, 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi — count: 3