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要是

if

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

yao4shi4 • yàoshì

Meaning

Primary

if

Mnemonic

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

Usage

他 要是 在 這裡

if he were here

要是 這 樣 做

if you do it this way