要是 - If - Traditional Chinese word mnemonic

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if

要

to want

是

to be

yao4shi4 • yàoshì

Many hypothetic 要是 ifs we 要 want 是 to be true. But we know they aren't yet, hence we use the word "要是 if".

他要是在這裡

if he were here

要是這樣做

if you do it this way