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 |