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要 yào want

Sometimes, a Chinese just wants to remove the stopper (襾 yà stopper) on a bottle of wine, drink and be close to a woman (女 nǚ woman).

Variants: 要要.

New character and 400 most important characters.
必须要	bìxū yào		must, must, want	must	_
次要	cìyào		second, want	less important, secondary	_
都快要	dōukuài yào		all, fast, want	almost	_
将要	jiāngyào		take, want	be going to, will	_
快要	kuàiyào		fast, want	very soon	_
想要	xiǎngyào		think, want	would like to, want to	_
需要	xūyào		need, want	to need, to want, to require, to cost	_
要	yào		want	want to, would like to, to need, have to, to cost, future: will	_
要是	yàoshì		want, be	if, suppose	_
要有	yàoyǒu		want, have	need, require	_
只要	zhǐyào		only, want	just (1st part)	_
重要	zhòngyào		heavy, want	important, significant	_

New character and 800 most important characters.
不要	búyào		not, want	don't do sth, don't want	_
就要	jiùyào		right now, want	be about to	_
首要	shǒuyào		head, want	of the first importance, chief	_
要紧	yàojǐn		want, tight	important, essential	_
只要就好了	zhǐyào jiùhǎo le		only, want, right now, good, particle	it is good like that: just	_
主要	zhǔyào		master, want	main	_

New character and 1200 most important characters.
不要脸	búyào liǎn		not, want, face	shameless	_