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HSK
1

to want

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

yao4 yào

Meaning


Primary

to want

Alternatives

want, wanting, wanted, wants

Mnemonic


[y-] Yoshi is in the [4] bathroom of the [-ao] barn, hiding from a 覀 cowboy 女 woman that 要 wants to lasso him. He ducks behind a pile of manure as she comes in and starts chasing him. She won't stop until she gets what she 要 wants. All Yoshi 要 wants is to be left alone, as he jumps from the sink to the toilet, narrowly avoiding the lasso.

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