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HSK 2 - Easy
9 strokes
Simplified (switch to Traditional)

要

yào

Definition

  1. to want
    我要回家。
    I want to go home.
  2. to need
    你要什么?
    What do you need?

Other pronunciations

要 yāo
  1. to demand
  2. to request
  3. to coerce

Character Decomposition

要 女

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