Radical Detail

·16 Words
yāo
HSK 1Frequency 19Radical Verb
yāo

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

yào

to want; to need; to ask for

will; shall; about to

need to; should

if (same as 是)

(bound form) important

要不yào bù
HSK 5Frequency 3,885Radical Conjunction

otherwise

or else

how about...?

either... (or...)

要不是yào bu shì
HSK 5Frequency 14,653Radical Conjunction

if it were not for

but for

要不然yào bù rán
HSK 6Frequency 7,865Radical Conjunction

otherwise

or else

or

要么yào me
HSK 6Frequency 2,454Radical Traditional 要麼Conjunction

or

either one or the other

要命yào mìng
HSK 7Frequency 7,960Radical Verb · Adjective

to cause sb's death

extremely; terribly

(used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance

要好yào hǎo
HSK 7Frequency 11,824Radical Adjective

to be on good terms

to be close friends

striving for self-improvement

要害yào hài
HSK 7Frequency 12,297Radical Noun

vital part

(fig.) key point

crucial

要强yào qiáng
HSK 7Frequency 25,212Radical Traditional 要強Adjective

eager to excel

eager to get ahead in life

strong-minded

要是yào shi
HSK 4Frequency 1,413Radical Conjunction · Verb

(coll.) if

要求yāo qiú
HSK 3Frequency 409Radical Verb · Noun

to request

to require

requirement

to stake a claim

to ask

to demand

Classifier:
要点yào diǎn
HSK 6Frequency 9,297Radical Traditional 要點Noun

main point

essential

要素yào sù
HSK 6Frequency 10,026Radical Noun

essential factor

key constituent

要紧yào jǐn
HSK 7Frequency 10,172Radical Traditional 要緊Adjective

important

urgent

要领yào lǐng
HSK 7Frequency 26,676Radical Traditional 要領Noun

main aspects

essentials

gist

覆盖fù gài
HSK 6Frequency 5,499Radical Traditional 覆蓋Verb

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