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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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 要是[yao4 shi5])
- (bound form) important

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
2 1 16 24 17

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A woman 女 with hands on her waist 覀

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
2 1 16 24 17
需要 3 3 101 162 185
不要 - 2 199 244 88
重要 3 1 303 178 328
只要 4 2 346 561 402
要求 3 2 624 196 879
必要 5 3 848 1,537 1,977
就要 - 2 1,044 1,112 684
要是 5 3 1,099 1,730 866
要么 - 6 1,121 3,787 1,825
主要 3 2 1,873 190 1,533
提要 - - 2,254 27,006 40,948
快要 - 2 2,914 7,359 3,919
将要 - 5 4,421 7,497 9,505
要不然 6 6 4,448 11,288 7,355
无关紧要 - 7 4,463 25,357 16,323
不要紧 5 4 4,987 15,224 10,063
要不 5 7 5,393 2,374 843
首要 6 7 5,680 7,202 14,952
要命 6 7 6,048 9,868 4,782
要紧 - 7 6,247 14,101 11,321
至关重要 - 7 7,193 8,718 16,823
正要 - - 7,375 11,130 16,164
要害 - 7 8,848 15,726 19,807
重要性 - - 9,030 5,313 10,783
要点 6 8 9,444 9,129 9,233
要塞 - - 9,531 20,461 25,218
不要脸 - - 10,813 10,740 3,978
要挟 - - 12,997 26,617 33,698
要好 - 6 14,063 9,508 6,056
要素 6 6 15,053 4,891 10,649
要说 - - 15,648 - -
要价 - - 16,095 23,885 28,307
不必要 - - 16,416 10,389 12,614
次要 5 - 16,764 17,104 17,973
索要 - - 17,039 12,400 19,390
要犯 - - 17,134 44,495 36,327
要事 - - 17,541 32,652 30,628
须要 - - 17,967 41,542 36,522
简要 6 8 18,172 16,641 43,943
紧要关头 - - 18,587 36,796 47,200
要不是 - 9 20,141 9,015 6,502
要冲 - - 20,677 32,979 25,833
摘要 6 - 21,735 8,909 17,288
紧要 - - 22,301 20,165 9,939
要饭 - - 22,425 31,755 22,244
概要 - - 24,494 - -
要闻 - - 24,973 37,475 27,496
要得 - - 25,373 28,023 13,558
要领 - 9 27,840 25,038 28,405
要约 - - 28,540 - -
要务 - - 29,300 24,138 36,896
要人 - - 30,064 20,092 13,327
要强 - 9 30,912 18,818 16,679
机要 - - 31,486 29,062 21,452
要职 - - 32,875 38,969 57,656
必要性 - - 33,983 14,030 38,118
要员 - - 34,077 37,395 53,129
漫天要价 - - 34,720 53,207 62,723
政要 - - 34,898 26,093 36,684
要义 - - 35,349 39,007 29,796
简明扼要 - - 36,337 52,433 44,756
要面子 - - 37,397 49,396 25,152
要道 - - 37,471 26,233 45,421
必要条件 - - 37,781 20,462 34,320
不得要领 - - 38,576 63,626 62,650
要件 - - 40,256 26,456 57,572
显要 - - 40,763 50,190 58,169
要账 - - 48,434 85,756 73,260
扼要 - - 48,615 52,211 79,609
要不得 - - 49,052 37,061 20,306
要端 - - 52,895 91,190 55,558
要旨 - - 53,050 59,352 67,358
大要 - - 53,330 35,893 34,948
纲要 - 9 53,356 8,047 31,397
纪要 6 - 59,665 22,095 37,058
要子 - - 59,891 - -
险要 - - 60,926 40,503 68,601
要路 - - 72,408 - -
要略 - - 73,072 52,004 57,227
要图 - - 73,883 70,082 42,514