| yāo | demand/ask/request/coerce |
| yào | important/vital/to want/will/going to (as future auxiliary)/may/must |
| 要 | to demand to request to coerce |
| 要不 | otherwise or or else |
| 要不得 | intolerable unacceptable |
| 要不是 | if it were not for but for |
| 要不然 | otherwise or else or |
| 要么 | or either one or the other |
| 要义 | the essentials |
| 要之 | in brief in a word |
| 要买 | It is generally written as "邀买". |
| 要买人心 | to win people's hearts by statecraft |
| 要事 | important matter |
| 要人 | important person |
| 要件 | key document important condition criterion |
| 要价 | to ask a price by extension, to impose a condition |
| 要价还价 | bargain; haggle |
| 要冲 | road hub major crossroad |
| 要击 | to intercept to ambush |
| 要功 | take credit for someone else's achievement |
| 要加牛奶 | with milk white (of tea, coffee etc) |
| 要务 | key task important affair |