IDENTITY
要yàoto want; will; to need
HSK 2Top 27
CORE MEANING
to want; will; to need
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to wantHSK2
- 2.to need to; shouldHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 覀west-shaped radical (xī)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱覀女
- west-shaped top element
- woman; lower part
USAGE
Common words
重要zhòngyàoimportant
主要zhǔyàomain
需要xūyàoto need
Graded examples
我要去商店买东西。Wǒ yào qù shāngdiàn mǎi dōngxi.HSK2
I want to go to the store to buy things.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 耍
LEARNING
Memory aid
A woman (女) with arms stretched to receive (覀) — wanting.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #27
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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