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Cantonese · Jyutping

Mandarin · Pinyin

  • yào
  • yāo

English

  1. necessary, essential
  2. (bound form) to demand; to coerce
  3. to want; to need; to ask for
  4. to want; to desire
  5. to demand
  6. is going to
  7. important; crucial
  8. necessity
  9. will; shall; about to
  10. to need; to want; negative: 唔使 m4 sai2
  11. need to; should
  12. to request someone to do something; to ask
  13. if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5])
  14. to be determined to
  15. (bound form) important
  16. should; ought to (negation: 唔好 m4 hou2)

粵語

  1. 希望得到;愛
  2. 強硬或者帶有壓力噉去索求
  3. 即將
  4. 好重要;有決定性影響
  5. 需要(否定係「唔使 m4 sai2」)
  6. 提出要求,指示某人做某啲嘢
  7. 堅持去做一樣嘢
  8. 應該;理應(否定係「唔好 m4 hou2」)

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