| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 要 | 要 | yāo | - to demand - to request - to coerce |
| 要 | 要 | yào | - important - vital - to want - to ask for - will - going to (as future auxiliary) - may - must - (used in a comparison) must be - probably - if |
| 不要 | 不要 | bùyào | - don't! - must not |
| 主要 | 主要 | zhǔyào | - main - principal - major - primary |
| 偏要 | 偏要 | piānyào | - to insist on doing sth - must do it, despite everything |
| 切要 | 切要 | qièyào | - essential - extremely important |
| 势要 | 勢要 | shìyào | - influential figure - powerful person |
| 只要 | 只要 | zhǐyào | - if only - so long as |
| 大要 | 大要 | dàyào | - abstract - gist - main points |
| 将要 | 將要 | jiāngyào | - will - shall - to be going to |
| 就要 | 就要 | jiùyào | - will - shall - to be going to |
| 待要 | 待要 | dàiyào | - to be about to |
| 得要 | 得要 | děiyào | - to need - must |
| 必要 | 必要 | bìyào | - necessary - essential - indispensable - required |
| 快要 | 快要 | kuàiyào | - almost - nearly - almost all |
| 急要 | 急要 | jíyào | - urgent |
| 想要 | 想要 | xiǎngyào | - to want to - to feel like - to fancy - to care for sb - desirous of |
| 扼要 | 扼要 | èyào | - to the point - concise |
| 提要 | 提要 | tíyào | - summary - abstract |
| 摘要 | 摘要 | zhāiyào | - summary - abstract |
| 政要 | 政要 | zhèngyào | - important political leader - government dignitary |
| 会要 | 會要 | huìyào | - dynastic records of imperial China |
| 概要 | 概要 | gàiyào | - outline |
| 次要 | 次要 | cìyào | - secondary |
| 正要 | 正要 | zhèngyào | - to be just about to - to be on the point of |
| 津要 | 津要 | jīnyào | - (literary) key location - key post (important job) |
| 硬要 | 硬要 | yìngyào | - firmly set on doing sth - to insist on doing - determined in one's course of action |
| 简要 | 簡要 | jiǎnyào | - concise - brief |
| 纪要 | 紀要 | jìyào | - minutes - written summary of a meeting |
| 索要 | 索要 | suǒyào | - to ask for - to request - to demand |
| 纲要 | 綱要 | gāngyào | - outline - essential points |
| 紧要 | 緊要 | jǐnyào | - critical - crucial - vital |
| 总要 | 總要 | zǒngyào | - nevertheless |
| 自要 | 自要 | zìyào | - so long as - provided that |
| 要不 | 要不 | yàobù | - otherwise - or else - how about...? - either... (or...) |
| 要之 | 要之 | yàozhī | - in brief - in a word |
| 要事 | 要事 | yàoshì | - important matter |
| 要人 | 要人 | yàorén | - important person |
| 要件 | 要件 | yàojiàn | - key document - important condition - criterion - requirement - requisite - cornerstone |
| 要价 | 要價 | yàojià | - asking price - to ask a price - to demand terms (in negotiations) |
| 要功 | 要功 | yāogōng | - variant of 邀功[yao1 gong1] |
| 要务 | 要務 | yàowù | - key task - important affair |
| 要命 | 要命 | yàomìng | - to cause sb's death - very - extremely - frightening - annoying |
| 要员 | 要員 | yàoyuán | - key participant - VIP |
| 要嘛 | 要嘛 | yàoma | - either ... - or ... |
| 要图 | 要圖 | yàotú | - main plan - important program |
| 要地 | 要地 | yàodì | - strategic location |
| 要塞 | 要塞 | yàosài | - stronghold - fort - fortification |
| 要好 | 要好 | yàohǎo | - to be on good terms - to be close friends - striving for self-improvement |
| 要子 | 要子 | yàozi | - straw rope |
| 要害 | 要害 | yàohài | - crucial - key point |
| 要强 | 要強 | yàoqiáng | - eager to excel - eager to get ahead in life - strong-minded |
| 要径 | 要徑 | yàojìng | - important path |
| 要得 | 要得 | yàodé | - good - fine |
| 要挟 | 要挾 | yāoxié | - to threaten - to blackmail |
| 要击 | 要擊 | yāojī | - to intercept - to ambush |
| 要旨 | 要旨 | yàozhǐ | - the gist (of a text or argument) - the main points |
| 要是 | 要是 | yàoshi | - if |
| 要晕 | 要暈 | yāoyūn | - confused - dazed |
| 要有 | 要有 | yàoyǒu | - to need - to require - must have |
| 要末 | 要末 | yàome | - variant of 要麼|要么[yao4 me5] |
| 要枢 | 要樞 | yàoshū | - important traffic hub - key crossroad |
| 要死 | 要死 | yàosǐ | - extremely - awfully |
| 要求 | 要求 | yāoqiú | - to request - to require - to stake a claim - to ask - to demand - CL:點|点[dian3] |
| 要津 | 要津 | yàojīn | - key post |
| 要犯 | 要犯 | yàofàn | - major criminal |
| 要略 | 要略 | yàolüè | - roughly - outline - summary |
| 要目 | 要目 | yàomù | - important substance (of a document) - key section |
| 要看 | 要看 | yàokàn | - it depends on... |
| 要端 | 要端 | yàoduān | - the main points |
| 要约 | 要約 | yāoyuè | - to restrict - to agree to a contract - offer - bid |
| 要素 | 要素 | yàosù | - essential factor - key constituent |
| 要紧 | 要緊 | yàojǐn | - important - urgent |
| 要义 | 要義 | yàoyì | - the essentials |
| 要闻 | 要聞 | yàowén | - important news story - headline |
| 要职 | 要職 | yàozhí | - key job - important position |
| 要脸 | 要臉 | yàoliǎn | - to save sb's face |
| 要冲 | 要衝 | yàochōng | - road hub - major crossroad |
| 要角 | 要角 | yàojiǎo | - significant role - major figure |
| 要诀 | 要訣 | yàojué | - the key trick - the secret of success |
| 要说 | 要說 | yàoshuō | - as for - when it comes to |
| 要谎 | 要謊 | yàohuǎng | - to ask an enormous price (as first negotiating step) |
| 要账 | 要賬 | yàozhàng | - to demand repayment - to collect debt |
| 要路 | 要路 | yàolù | - important road - main thoroughfare - fig. key position |
| 要道 | 要道 | yàodào | - major road - thoroughfare - main road |
| 要钱 | 要錢 | yàoqián | - to charge - to demand payment |
| 要隘 | 要隘 | yàoài | - strategic pass |
| 要领 | 要領 | yàolǐng | - main aspects - essentials - gist |
| 要饭 | 要飯 | yàofàn | - to beg (for food or money) |
| 要么 | 要麼 | yàome | - or - either one or the other |
| 要点 | 要點 | yàodiǎn | - main point - essential |
| 重要 | 重要 | zhòngyào | - important - significant - major |
| 险要 | 險要 | xiǎnyào | - inaccessible stronghold - strategic fortress |
| 需要 | 需要 | xūyào | - to need - to want - to demand - to require - requirement - need |
| 非要 | 非要 | fēiyào | - to want absolutely - to insist on (doing something) |
| 须要 | 須要 | xūyào | - must - have to |
| 显要 | 顯要 | xiǎnyào | - prominent - eminent - important person - notable - dignitary |
| 首要 | 首要 | shǒuyào | - the most important - of chief importance |
| 高要 | 高要 | Gāoyào | - Gaoyao county level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong |
| 一定要 | 一定要 | yīdìngyào | - must |
| 不必要 | 不必要 | bùbìyào | - needless - unnecessary |
| 不要紧 | 不要緊 | bùyàojǐn | - unimportant - not serious - it doesn't matter - never mind - it looks all right, but |
| 不要脸 | 不要臉 | bùyàoliǎn | - to have no sense of shame - shameless |
| 必要性 | 必要性 | bìyàoxìng | - necessity |
| 要不得 | 要不得 | yàobude | - intolerable - unacceptable |
| 要不是 | 要不是 | yàobushì | - if it were not for - but for |
| 要不然 | 要不然 | yàobùrán | - otherwise - or else - or |
| 要样儿 | 要樣兒 | yàoyàngr | - appearance - manner |
| 要面子 | 要面子 | yàomiànzi | - to save one's face - to stay on one's dignity |
| 重要性 | 重要性 | zhòngyàoxìng | - importance |
| 非必要 | 非必要 | fēibìyào | - inessential - unnecessary |
| 高要市 | 高要市 | Gāoyàoshì | - Gaoyao county level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong |
| 不得要领 | 不得要領 | bùdéyàolǐng | - fail to grasp the main points |
| 事情要做 | 事情要做 | shìqíngyàozuò | - work that needs to be done - business that needs to be attended to |
| 充要条件 | 充要條件 | chōngyàotiáojiàn | - necessary and sufficient condition |
| 切中要害 | 切中要害 | qièzhòngyàohài | - to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) - fig. to hit where it hurts - fig. to hit home - an argument that hits the nail on the head |
| 千金要方 | 千金要方 | QiānjīnYàofāng | - Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈[Sun1 Si1 miao3] |
| 吃拿卡要 | 吃拿卡要 | chīnáqiǎyào | - dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes - all kinds of abuse of power |
| 基本需要 | 基本需要 | jīběnxūyào | - basic necessity - fundamental need |
| 必要条件 | 必要條件 | bìyàotiáojiàn | - requirement - necessary condition (math) |
| 战略要点 | 戰略要點 | zhànlüèyàodiǎn | - strategic point |
| 收购要约 | 收購要約 | shōugòuyāoyuē | - takeover bid |
| 有话要说 | 有話要說 | yǒuhuàyàoshuō | - to speak one's mind |
| 权利要求 | 權利要求 | quánlìyāoqiú | - claim to rights (copyright, patent etc) |
| 正中要害 | 正中要害 | zhèngzhòngyàohài | - to hit the nail on the head (idiom) |
| 武经总要 | 武經總要 | WǔJīngZǒngYào | - "Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty |
| 死不要脸 | 死不要臉 | sǐbùyàoliǎn | - to know no shame - to be totally shameless |
| 漫天要价 | 漫天要價 | màntiānyàojià | - to ask for sky-high prices |
| 无关紧要 | 無關緊要 | wúguānjǐnyào | - indifferent - insignificant |
| 生产要素 | 生產要素 | shēngchǎnyàosù | - factors of production |
| 简要介绍 | 簡要介紹 | jiǎnyàojièshào | - brief introduction |
| 紧要关头 | 緊要關頭 | jǐnyàoguāntóu | - urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture |
| 至关重要 | 至關重要 | zhìguānzhòngyào | - extremely important - vital - crucial - essential |
| 要加牛奶 | 要加牛奶 | yàojiāniúnǎi | - with milk - white (of tea, coffee etc) |
| 要死不活 | 要死不活 | yàosǐbùhuó | - half dead - more dead than alive |
| 要死要活 | 要死要活 | yàosǐyàohuó | - desperate - matter of life or death |
| 要言不烦 | 要言不煩 | yàoyánbùfán | - to explain in simple terms - succinct - concise |
| 要买人心 | 要買人心 | yāomǎirénxīn | - variant of 邀買人心|邀买人心[yao1 mai3 ren2 xin1] |
| 首要任务 | 首要任務 | shǒuyàorènwu | - most important task |
| 齐民要术 | 齊民要術 | QímínYàoshù | - Essential skill to benefit the people, sixth century encyclopedia of agricultural knowledge by Jia Sixie 賈思勰|贾思勰[Jia3 Si1 xie2] |
| 说话要算数 | 說話要算數 | shuōhuàyàosuànshù | - promises must be kept |
| 血债要用血来偿 | 血債要用血來償 | xuèzhàiyàoyòngxuèláicháng | - A debt of blood must be paid in blood. - Blood calls for blood. |
| 血债要用血来还 | 血債要用血來還 | xuèzhàiyàoyòngxuèláihuán | - A debt of blood must be paid in blood. - Blood calls for blood. |
| 需要是发明之母 | 需要是發明之母 | xūyàoshìfāmíngzhīmǔ | - Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb). |
| 天要落雨，娘要嫁人 | 天要落雨，娘要嫁人 | tiānyàoluòyǔ,niángyàojiàrén | - the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom) - fig. the natural order of things - something you can't go against |
| 要风得风，要雨得雨 | 要風得風，要雨得雨 | yàofēngdéfēng,yàoyǔdéyǔ | - to get whatever one wants - to have everything going one's way |
| 既要当婊子又要立牌坊 | 既要當婊子又要立牌坊 | jìyàodāngbiǎoziyòuyàolìpáifāng | - see 又想當婊子又想立牌坊|又想当婊子又想立牌坊[you4 xiang3 dang1 biao3 zi5 you4 xiang3 li4 pai2 fang1] |
| 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 | 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 | zhǐyàogōngfushēn,tiěchǔmóchéngzhēn | - If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. - cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task - to study diligently |
| 若要人不知，除非己莫为 | 若要人不知，除非己莫為 | ruòyàorénbùzhī,chúfēijǐmòwéi | - If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it. |
| 又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草 | 又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草 | yòuyàomǎrhǎo,yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo | - see 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草|又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草[you4 yao4 ma3 r5 pao3 , you4 yao4 ma3 r5 bu4 chi1 cao3] |
| 又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草 | 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草 | yòuyàomǎrpǎo,yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo | - lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom) - fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too |
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