Phonetic Reading of the Character '要'



Animated Stroke Order of 要:



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Stroke Sequence of the Character '要'



Radical:覀     Strokes:9



Pinyin & Definition:

yāodemand/ask/request/coerce
yàoimportant/vital/to want/will/going to (as future auxiliary)/may/must


Related Chinese characters:



Words with Chinese Character 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