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Hanzi Character Search: 要

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要
necessary, essential; necessity
Radical 西
Strokes (without radical) 3 Total Strokes 9
Mandarin reading yaò yaō yaǒ Cantonese reading jiu1 jiu3
Japanese on reading you Japanese kun reading iru motomeru kaname
Korean reading yo Vietnamese reading yếu

CEDICT Entries:

   [ yaō ]    to demand, to request, to coerce
   [ yaò ]    important, vital, to want, to ask for, will, going to (as future auxiliary), may, must, (used in a comparison) must be, probably, if
   [ yaò ]    otherwise, or else, how about...?, either... (or...)
   [ yaò bu de ]    intolerable, unacceptable
   [ yaò bu shì ]    if it were not for, but for
   [ yaò rán ]    otherwise, or else, or
   [ yaò zhī ]    in brief, in a word
   [ yaò shì ]    important matter
   [ yaò rén ]    important person
   [ yaò jiàn ]    key document, important condition, criterion, requirement, requisite, cornerstone
   [ yaò jià ]    asking price, to ask a price, to demand terms (in negotiations)
   [ yaò jià ]    asking price, to ask a price, to demand terms (in negotiations)
   [ yaō gōng ]    variant of 邀功[yao1 gong1]
   [ yaò jiā niú naǐ ]    with milk, white (of tea, coffee etc)
   [ yaò ]    key task, important affair
   [ yaò ]    key task, important affair
   [ yaò mìng ]    to cause sb's death, very, extremely, frightening, annoying
   [ yaò yuán ]    key participant, VIP
   [ yaò yuán ]    key participant, VIP
   [ yaò ma ]    either ..., or ...
   [ yaò ]    main plan, important program
   [ yaò ]    main plan, important program
   [ yaò ]    strategic location
   [ yaò saì ]    stronghold, fort, fortification
   [ yaò haǒ ]    to be on good terms, to be close friends, striving for self-improvement
   [ yaò zi ]    straw rope
   [ yaò haì ]    vital part, (fig.) key point, crucial
   [ yaò qiáng ]    eager to excel, eager to get ahead in life, strong-minded
   [ yaò qiáng ]    eager to excel, eager to get ahead in life, strong-minded
   [ yaò jìng ]    important path
   [ yaò jìng ]    important path
   [ yaò ]    good, fine
   [ yaō xié ]    to threaten, to blackmail
   [ yaō xié ]    to threaten, to blackmail
   [ yaō ]    to intercept, to ambush
   [ yaō ]    to intercept, to ambush
   [ yaò zhèng ]    important governmental or administrative matter
   [ yaò zhǐ ]    the gist (of a text or argument), the main points
   [ yaò shi ]    (coll.) if
   [ yaō yūn ]    confused, dazed
   [ yaō yūn ]    confused, dazed
   [ yaò yoǔ ]    to need, to require, must have
   [ yaò me ]    variant of 要麼|要么[yao4 me5]
   [ yaò shū ]    important traffic hub, key crossroad
   [ yaò shū ]    important traffic hub, key crossroad
   [ yaò yàng ]    appearance, manner
   [ yaò yàng ]    appearance, manner
   [ yaò ]    extremely, awfully
   [ yaò huó ]    half dead, more dead than alive
   [ yaò yaò huó ]    terribly, awfully, desperately
   [ yaō qiú ]    to request, to require, requirement, to stake a claim, to ask, to demand, CL:點|点[dian3]
   [ yaò jīn ]    key post
   [ yaò fàn ]    major criminal
   [ yaò lvè ]    roughly, outline, summary
   [ yaò ]    important substance (of a document), key section
   [ yaò kàn ]    it depends on...
   [ yaò duān ]    the main points
   [ yaō yuè ]    to restrict, to agree to a contract, offer, bid
   [ yaō yuè ]    to restrict, to agree to a contract, offer, bid
   [ yaò ]    essential factor, key constituent
   [ yaò jǐn ]    important, urgent
   [ yaò jǐn ]    important, urgent
   [ yaò ]    the essentials
   [ yaò ]    the essentials
   [ yaò wén ]    important news story, headline
   [ yaò wén ]    important news story, headline
   [ yaò zhí ]    key job, important position
   [ yaò zhí ]    key job, important position
   [ yaò liǎn ]    to save sb's face
   [ yaò liǎn ]    to save sb's face
   [ yaò zhuó ]    important thing, crucial thing
   [ yaò zhuó ]    important thing, crucial thing
   [ yaò zhù ]    important book
   [ yaò chōng ]    road hub, major crossroad
   [ yaò chōng ]    road hub, major crossroad
西   [ yaò le ]    (coll.) unbearable (Shanghainese)
   [ yaò ]    significant role, major figure
   [ yaò yán fán ]    to explain in simple terms, succinct, concise
   [ yaò yán fán ]    to explain in simple terms, succinct, concise
   [ yaò jué ]    the key trick, the secret of success
   [ yaò jué ]    the key trick, the secret of success
   [ yaò shuō ]    as for, when it comes to
   [ yaò shuō ]    as for, when it comes to
   [ yaò huǎng ]    to ask an enormous price (as first negotiating step)
   [ yaò huǎng ]    to ask an enormous price (as first negotiating step)
   [ yaō maǐ rén xīn ]    variant of 邀買人心|邀买人心[yao1 mai3 ren2 xin1]
   [ yaō maǐ rén xīn ]    variant of 邀買人心|邀买人心[yao1 mai3 ren2 xin1]
   [ yaò zhàng ]    to demand repayment, to collect debt
   [ yaò zhàng ]    to demand repayment, to collect debt
   [ yaò ]    important road, main thoroughfare, fig. key position
   [ yaò daò ]    major road, thoroughfare, main road
   [ yaò qián ]    to charge, to demand payment
   [ yaò qián ]    to charge, to demand payment
   [ yaò ]    strategic pass
   [ yaò miàn zi ]    see 愛面子|爱面子[ai4 mian4 zi5]
   [ yaò lǐng ]    main aspects, essentials, gist
   [ yaò lǐng ]    main aspects, essentials, gist
   [ yaò fēng fēng yaò ]    to get whatever one wants, to have everything going one's way
   [ yaò fēng fēng yaò ]    to get whatever one wants, to have everything going one's way
   [ yaò fàn ]    to beg (for food or money)
   [ yaò fàn ]    to beg (for food or money)
   [ yaò me ]    or, either one or the other
   [ yaò me ]    or, either one or the other
   [ yaò diǎn ]    main point, essential
   [ yaò diǎn ]    main point, essential
⇒    [ dìng yaò ]    must
⇒    [ yaò lǐng ]    to fail to grasp the main points
⇒    [ yaò lǐng ]    to fail to grasp the main points
⇒    [ yaò ]    needless, unnecessary
⇒    [ yaò ]    don't!, must not
⇒    [ yaò zaì shù shàng ]    don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom), there's more than one way to skin a cat
⇒    [ yaò zaì shù shàng ]    don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom), there's more than one way to skin a cat
⇒    [ yaò jǐn ]    unimportant, not serious, it doesn't matter, never mind, it looks all right, but
⇒    [ yaò jǐn ]    unimportant, not serious, it doesn't matter, never mind, it looks all right, but
⇒    [ yaò liǎn ]    to have no sense of shame, shameless
⇒    [ yaò liǎn ]    to have no sense of shame, shameless
⇒    [ zhǔ yaò ]    main, principal, major, primary
⇒    [ piān yaò ]    to insist on doing sth, must do it, despite everything
⇒    [ chōng yaò jiàn ]    necessary and sufficient condition
⇒    [ chōng yaò jiàn ]    necessary and sufficient condition
⇒    [ chū laí hùn chí zaǒ yaò huán de ]    if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
⇒    [ chū laí hùn chí zaǒ yaò huán de ]    if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
⇒    [ daō yaò shēng xiù rén xué yaò luò hoù ]    a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
⇒    [ daō yaò shēng xiù rén xué yaò luò hoù ]    a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
⇒    [ daō yaò shēng xiù rén xué yaò luò hoù ]    a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
⇒    [ daō yaò shēng xiù rén xué yaò luò hoù ]    a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
⇒    [ qiè zhòng yaò haì ]    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
⇒    [ qiè yaò ]    essential, extremely important
⇒    [ shì yaò ]    influential figure, powerful person
⇒    [ shì yaò ]    influential figure, powerful person
⇒    [ qiān jīn yaò fāng ]    Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈[Sun1 Si1 miao3]
⇒    [ yoù yaò haǒ yoù yaò chī caǒ ]    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]
⇒    [ yoù yaò haǒ yoù yaò chī caǒ ]    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]
⇒    [ yoù yaò haǒ yoù yaò chī caǒ ]    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]
⇒    [ yoù yaò haǒ yoù yaò chī caǒ ]    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]
⇒    [ yoù yaò paǒ yoù yaò chī caǒ ]    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
⇒    [ yoù yaò paǒ yoù yaò chī caǒ ]    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
⇒    [ yoù yaò paǒ yoù yaò chī caǒ ]    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
⇒    [ yoù yaò paǒ yoù yaò chī caǒ ]    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
⇒    [ jīn yùn huì yaò ]    "Summary of the Collection of Rhymes Old and New", supplemented and annotated Yuan dynasty version of the no-longer-extant late Song or early Yuan "Collection of Rhymes Old and New" 古今韻會|古今韵会
⇒    [ jīn yùn huì yaò ]    "Summary of the Collection of Rhymes Old and New", supplemented and annotated Yuan dynasty version of the no-longer-extant late Song or early Yuan "Collection of Rhymes Old and New" 古今韻會|古今韵会
⇒    [ zhǐ yaò ]    if only, so long as
⇒    [ zhǐ yaò gōng fu shēn tiě chǔ chéng zhēn ]    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
⇒    [ zhǐ yaò gōng fu shēn tiě chǔ chéng zhēn ]    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
⇒    [ chī qiǎ yaò ]    dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes, all kinds of abuse of power
⇒    [ běn yaò ]    basic necessity, fundamental need
⇒    [ yaò ]    abstract, gist, main points
⇒    [ tiān yaò luò niáng yaò jià rén ]    the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom), fig. the natural order of things, something you can't go against
⇒    [ tiān yaò luò niáng yaò jià rén ]    the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom), fig. the natural order of things, something you can't go against
⇒    [ jiāng yaò ]    will, shall, to be going to
⇒    [ jiāng yaò ]    will, shall, to be going to
⇒    [ jiù yaò ]    will, shall, to be going to
⇒    [ daì yaò ]    to be about to
⇒    [ deǐ yaò ]    to need, must
⇒    [ yaò ]    necessary, essential, indispensable, required
⇒    [ yaò xìng ]    necessity
⇒    [ yaò jiàn ]    requirement, necessary condition (math)
⇒    [ yaò jiàn ]    requirement, necessary condition (math)
⇒    [ yaò ]    almost, nearly, almost all
⇒    [ yaò ]    urgent
⇒    [ xiǎng yaò ]    to want to, to feel like, to fancy, to care for sb, desirous of
⇒    [ zhàn lvè yaò diǎn ]    strategic point
⇒    [ zhàn lvè yaò diǎn ]    strategic point
⇒    [ è yaò ]    to the point, concise
⇒    [ yaò ]    summary, abstract
⇒    [ zhaī yaò ]    summary, abstract
⇒    [ shoū goù yaō yuē ]    takeover bid
⇒    [ shoū goù yaō yuē ]    takeover bid
⇒    [ zhèng yaò ]    important political leader, government dignitary
⇒    [ yaò dāng zi yoù yaò paí fāng ]    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]
⇒    [ yaò dāng zi yoù yaò paí fāng ]    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]
⇒    [ yaò dāng zi yoù yaò paí fāng ]    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]
⇒    [ yaò dāng zi yoù yaò paí fāng ]    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]
⇒    [ huì yaò ]    dynastic records of imperial China
⇒    [ huì yaò ]    dynastic records of imperial China
⇒    [ yoǔ huà yaò shuō ]    to speak one's mind
⇒    [ yoǔ huà yaò shuō ]    to speak one's mind
⇒    [ gaì yaò ]    outline
⇒    [ quán yaō qiú ]    claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
⇒    [ quán yaō qiú ]    claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
⇒    [ yaò ]    secondary
⇒    [ zhèng zhòng yaò haì ]    to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
⇒    [ zhèng yaò ]    to be just about to, to be on the point of
⇒    [ jīng zǒng yaò ]    "Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty
⇒    [ jīng zǒng yaò ]    "Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty
⇒    [ yaò liǎn ]    to know no shame, to be totally shameless
⇒    [ yaò liǎn ]    to know no shame, to be totally shameless
⇒    [ yaò miàn zi ]    to regard face as all-important, to consider loss of face unthinkable
⇒    [ yaò miàn zi huó shoù zuì ]    to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
⇒    [ jīn yaò ]    (literary) key location, key post (important job)
⇒    [ màn tiān yaò jià ]    to ask for sky-high prices
⇒    [ màn tiān yaò jià ]    to ask for sky-high prices
⇒    [ guān jǐn yaò ]    indifferent, insignificant
⇒    [ guān jǐn yaò ]    indifferent, insignificant
⇒    [ yìng yaò ]    firmly set on doing sth, to insist on doing, determined in one's course of action
⇒    [ jiǎn míng è yaò ]    brief and to the point (idiom), succinct
⇒    [ jiǎn míng è yaò ]    brief and to the point (idiom), succinct
⇒    [ jiǎn yaò ]    concise, brief
⇒    [ jiǎn yaò ]    concise, brief
⇒    [ jiǎn yaò jiè shaò ]    brief introduction
⇒    [ jiǎn yaò jiè shaò ]    brief introduction
⇒    [ yaò ]    minutes, written summary of a meeting
⇒    [ yaò ]    minutes, written summary of a meeting
⇒    [ suǒ yaò ]    to ask for, to request, to demand
⇒    [ gāng yaò ]    outline, essential points
⇒    [ gāng yaò ]    outline, essential points
⇒    [ jǐn yaò ]    critical, crucial, vital
⇒    [ jǐn yaò ]    critical, crucial, vital
⇒    [ jǐn yaò guān toú ]    urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
⇒    [ jǐn yaò guān toú ]    urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
⇒    [ zǒng yaò ]    nevertheless
⇒    [ zǒng yaò ]    nevertheless
⇒    [ yaò ]    so long as, provided that
⇒    [ zhì guān zhòng yaò ]    extremely important, vital, crucial, essential
⇒    [ zhì guān zhòng yaò ]    extremely important, vital, crucial, essential
⇒    [ ruò yaò rén zhī chú feī weí ]    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.
⇒    [ ruò yaò rén zhī chú feī weí ]    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.
⇒    [ xuè zhaì yaò yòng xuè laí cháng ]    A debt of blood must be paid in blood., Blood calls for blood.
⇒    [ xuè zhaì yaò yòng xuè laí cháng ]    A debt of blood must be paid in blood., Blood calls for blood.
⇒    [ xuè zhaì yaò yòng xuè laí huán ]    A debt of blood must be paid in blood., Blood calls for blood.
⇒    [ xuè zhaì yaò yòng xuè laí huán ]    A debt of blood must be paid in blood., Blood calls for blood.
⇒    [ yaò yaò huó ]    terribly, awfully, desperately
⇒    [ yaò fēng fēng yaò ]    to get whatever one wants, to have everything going one's way
⇒    [ yaò fēng fēng yaò ]    to get whatever one wants, to have everything going one's way
⇒    [ shuō huà yaò suàn shù ]    promises must be kept
⇒    [ shuō huà yaò suàn shù ]    promises must be kept
⇒    [ zhòng yaò ]    important, significant, major
⇒    [ zhòng yaò xìng ]    importance
⇒    [ xiǎn yaò ]    strategically situated and easy to defend, strategic location
⇒    [ xiǎn yaò ]    strategically situated and easy to defend, strategic location
⇒    [ yaò ]    to need, to want, to demand, to require, requirement, need
⇒    [ yaò shì míng zhī ]    Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
⇒    [ yaò shì míng zhī ]    Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
⇒    [ feī yaò ]    inessential, unnecessary
⇒    [ feī yaò ]    to want absolutely, to insist on (doing something)
⇒    [ yaò ]    must, have to
⇒    [ yaò ]    must, have to
⇒    [ xiǎn yaò ]    prominent, eminent, important person, notable, dignitary
⇒    [ xiǎn yaò ]    prominent, eminent, important person, notable, dignitary
⇒    [ shoǔ yaò ]    the most important, of chief importance
⇒    [ gaō yaò ]    Gaoyao county level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong
⇒    [ gaō yaò shì ]    Gaoyao county level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong
⇒    [ mín yaò shù ]    Essential skill to benefit the people, sixth century encyclopedia of agricultural knowledge by Jia Sixie 賈思勰|贾思勰[Jia3 Si1 xie2]
⇒    [ mín yaò shù ]    Essential skill to benefit the people, sixth century encyclopedia of agricultural knowledge by Jia Sixie 賈思勰|贾思勰[Jia3 Si1 xie2]

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