要是

Character by character

• 要yào9 strokesHSK 1necessary, essential; necessity
• 是shì9 strokesHSK 1indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 要是. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 是shìHSK 1

  to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)

• 要yàoHSK 1

  to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 是); (bound form) important

• 就是jiù shìHSK 3

  exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if

• 但是dàn shìHSK 2

  but; however

• 需要xū yàoHSK 3

  to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs

• 还是hái shiHSK 1

  still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or

• 不要bù yàoHSK 2

  don't!; must not

• 只是zhǐ shìHSK 3

  merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however

• 重要zhòng yàoHSK 1

  important; significant; major

• 可是kě shìHSK 2

  but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed

• 要求yāo qiúHSK 2

  to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand

• 只要zhǐ yàoHSK 2

  if only; so long as

• 是否shì fǒuHSK 4

  whether (or not); if; is or isn't

• 总是zǒng shìHSK 3

  always

• 而是ér shìHSK 4

  rather

• 主要zhǔ yàoHSK 2

  main; principal; major; primary

• 就要jiù yàoHSK 2

  will; shall; to be going to

• 于是yú shìHSK 4

  thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence

• 正是zhèng shìHSK 2

  is precisely

• 必要bì yàoHSK 3

  necessary; essential; indispensable; required

• 算是suàn shìHSK 6

  considered to be; at last

• 或是huò shìHSK 5

  or; either one or the other

• 要么yào meHSK 6

  or; either one or the other

• 是不是shì bù shìHSK 1

  is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not