VocabularyHSK 3 · core

要

yào

to want, will

Part of speech · modal verb / verb

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要need

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Examples

我要喝水。
I want water.
明天要下雪。
It\'s going to snow tomorrow.

Collocations

要的不要需要

Mnemonic

要 yào multi-purpose: (1) want, intend (我要走 "I\'m leaving"), (2) future/inevitable (要下雪 "going to snow"), (3) noun "main point" (要点). 不要 negates both desire and command ("don\'t").

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Meaning of 不要走?