yào
要 (yào) is a Chinese word meaning “to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should”.
Meanings
- 1to want; to need; to ask for
- 2will; shall; about to
- 3need to; should
- 4if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5])
- 5(bound form) important
- Part of speech
- conjunction