Chinese Character 要 (jiu3 jiu1 | yao4 yao1) : want

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要
jiu3 jiu1 yao4 yao1
[1] necessary; essential; necessity; important [2] must; should; ought to [3] [v] want; demand; need; require; desire; take [4] [v] summarize; [n] summary; generalization; synopsis [5] will; shall (future tense) [6] brief [7] if; in case There is an excellent thread about the various ways of using 要 here. Stroke count: 9 Level: 2 Radical: (#146)
要
Don't confuse with: 耍栗粟票耍
This character was last edited on 19th Apr 2008
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只需要 zi2 seoi1 jiu3 zhi3 xu1 yao4 = only needs國必要 bit1 jiu3 bi4 yao4 = necessary; necessity; need 唔緊要 m4 gan2 jiu3 m2 jin3 yao4 = not critical; never mind粵重要 zung6 jiu3 zhong4 yao4 = important 心要熱,頭要冷 sam1 jiu3 jit6 tau4 jiu3 laang5 xin1 yao4 re4 tou4 yao4 leng3 = One should have a warm heart and a cool head 唔需要 m4 seoi1 jiu3 = unnecessary粵要有 jiu3 jau5 yao4 you3 = to need; to require 快要 faai3 jiu3 = about to國就要 zau6 jiu3 = about to 緊要 gan2 jiu3 = [1] important [2] critical粵 See all 89 compounds
Showing 10 of 48 examples containing 要行路要小心粵 edit You must be careful when walking. 我而家要決定。粵 edit I have to decide now. 我聽日七點鐘要起身。粵 edit I need to wake up at 7 o'clock tomorrow. 行路要幾耐呀? 粵 edit How long will it take to walk? 我一定要睇電視粵 edit I must watch TV! [(spoken by someone obviously addicted to TV!)] 我們聖誕節當天要辦個大聚會國 edit On Christmas Day we will have a big party. 如果下雪的話，我要堆雪人！國 edit If it snows I will make a snowman! 我們今年的聖誕樹要買真的還是人造的？國 edit Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one? 你想要咩聖誕禮物呀？粵 edit What would you like for Christmas? [(implying presents)] 你聖誕節要什麼禮物？國 edit What would you like for Christmas? [(implying presents)] Show all 48 examples Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 要
Unicode code for this character: U+8981 (off-site link)

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