Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.want; wish; would like; feel like doing something
我要试一下。
I'd like to have a try.
他要跟市长谈。
He wishes to talk to the mayor.
我还有两句话要说。
I'd like to say a few more words.
- 2
adj.important; essential
紧要
extremely important
主要
principal
要事
important matter
- 3
v.need; take
我的手要洗一洗。
My hands need washing.
赶到那里要两个小时。
It takes two hours to get there.
我做件裙子要多少布?
How much cloth do I need to make a dress?
这项任务要十天才能完成。
It will take ten days to get the work done.
- 4
v.ask somebody to do something; request
我要他在一小时内准备就绪。
I want him ready in one hour.
他要你立刻回去工作。
He wants you back to work right now.
她要我替她写封信。
She asked me to write a letter for her.
- 5
conj.if; suppose; in case
明天要不下雨,我们就出去玩。
We'll go out to play, if it doesn't rain tomorrow.
她要不去,我也不去。
If she won't go, nor shall I.
你父亲要看见你,他会怎么办?
Suppose your father saw you, what would he do?
这有什么可怕的,要我就不怕。
What is there to be afraid of? I wouldn't be afraid if I were you.
- 6
n.essential points; main points
纲要
sketch
摘要
abstract
提要
synopsis
- 7
v.must; should; have to
人要吃饭才能活下去。
Man has to eat to live.
我们都要向先进工作者学习。
We should learn from advanced workers.
我们要相信群众。
We must have faith in the masses.
一定要特别小心
One must be very careful.
- 8
v.be about/going to
冬天就要来了。
Winter is coming.
看起来要下雨了。
It looks as if it is going rain.
不久后,我们要参加竞赛。
We are going to enter the competition soon.
他快要回来了。
He will soon be back.
- 9
v.(used in comparisons to indicate an estimate) might; must
她的数学学得要比其它学科好。
She is better at mathematics than other subjects.
你们要比我们辛苦多了。
You must have had a much tougher time than we did.
树阴底下要比屋里凉快得多。
It is much cooler under a tree than inside the room.
- 10
v.have a strong wish to do something
我一定要在今夜完成此事。
I must finish this tonight.
她说她一定要嫁给他。
She said that she's determined to marry him.
- 11
conj.or; either...or...
要么就进来,要么就出去,别堵在门口。
Either come in or go out. Don't stand in the doorway.
Words and phrases with 要
- 要得[word]good
- 要价[word]ask a price; offer terms
- 要诀[word]important tricks of the trade
- 要人[word]important personage
- 要事[word]important matter
- 要之[word]in short
- 要公[word]important official business
- 要塞[word]fort
- 要案[word]key criminal case
- 要死不活[idiom]be more dead than alive
- 要死要活[idiom]repeatedly threaten suicide
- 要言不烦[idiom]brief and to the point
- 要而言之[idiom]to put it briefly
- 要言不繁[idiom]speak or write in a concise manner