要

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Example sentences

• 我不要。

  Wǒ bù yào

  I don't want to.

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• 不要动。

  Bù yào dòng

  Don't move.

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• 不！我不要。

  Bù wǒ bù yào

  No! I don't need that.

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• 我要一个。

  Wǒ yào yī gè

  I needed one.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 要

• 要yào 4to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 是); (bound form) important
• 重要zhòng yào 4–4 important; significant; major
• 不要bù yào 4–4 → 2–4don't!; must not
• 要求yāo qiú 1–2 to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand
• 只要zhǐ yào 3–4 if only; so long as
• 主要zhǔ yào 3–4 main; principal; major; primary
• 就要jiù yào 4–4 will; shall; to be going to
• 快要kuài yào 4–4 nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
• 需要xū yào 1–4 to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
• 必要bì yào 4–4 necessary; essential; indispensable; required
• 要是yào shi 4–5(coll.) if
• 不要紧bù yào jǐn 4–4–3 → 2–4–3unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but