| 要 | [ yāo ] demand, ask, request, coerce |
| 要求 | [ yāo qíu ] request, require, stake a claim (to something), to ask, to demand |
| 要 | [ yào ] important, vital, to want, to be going to, must |
| 要不 | [ yào bu ] otherwise, or, or else |
| 要不然 | [ yào bu rán ] otherwise, or else, or |
| 要部然 | [ yào bu rán ] otherwise |
| 要不是 | [ yào bu shì ] if it were not for, but for |
| 要得 | [ yào dé ] good, fine |
| 要地 | [ yào dì ] strategic location |
| 要點 | [ yào dǐan ] main point, essential |
| 要点 | [ yào dǐan ] main point, essential |
| 要飯 | [ yào fàn ] beg (for food or money) |
| 要饭 | [ yào fàn ] beg (for food or money) |
| 要好 | [ yào hǎo ] be on good terms, be close friends |
| 要緊 | [ yào jǐn ] important, urgent |
| 要紧 | [ yào jǐn ] important, urgent |
| 要領 | [ yào lǐng ] (n) main aspects, essentials, gist |
| 要领 | [ yào lǐng ] (n) main aspects, essentials, gist |
| 要麼 | [ yào me ] (conj) either X or Y (used when given a choice between two things) |
| 要么 | [ yào me ] (conj) either X or Y (used when given a choice between two things) |
| 要命 | [ yào mìng ] (v) cause sb to die, (adj) extremely; frighteningly; very, (adj) annoyance |
| 要人 | [ yào rén ] important person |
| 要塞 | [ yào sāi ] stronghold |
| 要是 | [ yào shì ] if |
| 要素 | [ yào sù ] essential, factor, constituent |
| 要有 | [ yào yǒu ] need, require |
| ⇒ 必要 | [ bì yào ] necessary, essential, indispensable, required |
| ⇒ 必要條件 | [ bì yào tiáo jìan ] requirement, necessary condition (math) |
| ⇒ 必要条件 | [ bì yào tiáo jìan ] requirement, necessary condition (math) |
| ⇒ 必要性 | [ bì yào xìng ] necessity |
| ⇒ 不必要 | [ bú bì yào ] needless, unnecessary |
| ⇒ 不得要領 | [ bù dé yào lǐng ] fail to grasp the main points |
| ⇒ 不得要领 | [ bù dé yào lǐng ] fail to grasp the main points |
| ⇒ 不要 | [ bù yào ] don't!, must not |
| ⇒ 不要緊 | [ bù yào jǐn ] unimportant, not serious, it doesn't matter, never mind, it looks all right, but |
| ⇒ 不要紧 | [ bù yào jǐn ] unimportant, not serious, it doesn't matter, never mind, it looks all right, but |
| ⇒ 不要臉 | [ bù yào lǐan ] have no sense of shame, shameless |
| ⇒ 不要脸 | [ bù yào lǐan ] have no sense of shame, shameless |
| ⇒ 不重要 | [ bù zhòng yào ] unimportant |
| ⇒ 次要 | [ cì yào ] secondary |
| ⇒ 大要 | [ dà yào ] abstract, gist, main points |
| ⇒ 非常重要 | [ fēi cháng zhòng yào ] very important |
| ⇒ 概要 | [ gài yào ] outline |
| ⇒ 綱要 | [ gāng yào ] (n) outline; essential points |
| ⇒ 纲要 | [ gāng yào ] (n) outline; essential points |
| ⇒ 高要 | [ gāo yào ] (N) Gaoyao (city in Guangdong) |
| ⇒ 紀要 | [ jì yào ] (n) summary of a meeting log |
| ⇒ 纪要 | [ jì yào ] (n) summary of a meeting log |
| ⇒ 簡要 | [ jǐan yào ] concise, brief |
| ⇒ 简要 | [ jǐan yào ] concise, brief |
| ⇒ 簡要介紹 | [ jǐan yào jìe shào ] brief introduction |
| ⇒ 简要介绍 | [ jǐan yào jìe shào ] brief introduction |
| ⇒ 將要 | [ jīang yào ] will, shall, be going to |
| ⇒ 将要 | [ jīang yào ] will, shall, be going to |
| ⇒ 沒有必要 | [ méi yǒu bì yào ] there is no need to (do sth) |
| ⇒ 没有必要 | [ méi yǒu bì yào ] there is no need to (do sth) |
| ⇒ 事情要做 | [ shì qíng yào zùo ] thing that needs to be done |
| ⇒ 首要 | [ shǒu yào ] (adj) the most important |
| ⇒ 提要 | [ tí yào ] (n) summary; abstract |
| ⇒ 無關緊要 | [ wú gūan jǐn yào ] indifferent, insignificant |
| ⇒ 无关紧要 | [ wú gūan jǐn yào ] indifferent, insignificant |
| ⇒ 需要 | [ xū yào ] to need, to want, to demand, needs, to require |
| ⇒ 須要 | [ xū yào ] must, have to |
| ⇒ 须要 | [ xū yào ] must, have to |
| ⇒ 一定要 | [ yī dìng yào ] must |
| ⇒ 摘要 | [ zhāi yào ] summary, abstract |
| ⇒ 只要 | [ zhǐ yào ] if only, so long as |
| ⇒ 重要 | [ zhòng yào ] important, significant, major |
| ⇒ 重要的是 | [ zhòng yào de shì ] It is important (that) ... |
| ⇒ 重要問題 | [ zhòng yào wèn tí ] an important issue |
| ⇒ 重要问题 | [ zhòng yào wèn tí ] an important issue |
| ⇒ 重要性 | [ zhòng yào xìng ] importance |
| ⇒ 主要 | [ zhǔ yào ] main, principal, major, primary |
| ⇒ 主要來源 | [ zhǔ yào lái yúan ] principle source, main source |
| ⇒ 主要来源 | [ zhǔ yào lái yúan ] principle source, main source |
| ⇒ 主要原因 | [ zhǔ yào yúan yīn ] main reason, primary cause |
| ⇒ 最主要 | [ zùi zhǔ yào ] main |
