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要
yào
HSK 1
to wantto needto ask forwillshallabout to

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Grammar note

要 spans wanting, intending and being obliged, and the reading comes from the clause around it rather than from 要 itself.

要 — want, will, must — how often the Chinese Bible uses it

Characters

要

essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand

radical 覀components ⿱覀女

Appears in 5207 verses

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