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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 要么
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 要么 | yào me | - or - either one or the other |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 6 | 1,121 | 3,787 | 1,825 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 要 | yāo | - (bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| 要 | 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 |
| 幺 | yāo | - surname Yao |
| 幺 | yāo | - youngest - most junior - tiny - one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) - one or ace on dice or dominoes - variant of 吆[yao1], to shout |
| 么 | má | - exclamatory final particle |
| 么 | ma | - interrogative final particle |
| 么 | me | - suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc |
| 么 | me | - variant of 麼|么[me5] |
Other Words Containing 要么
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 要么 | - | 6 | 1,121 | 3,787 | 1,825 |