Want in Chinese (Mandarin): 要 (yào)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 要

• 要

  To want; also will, need.

  9 strokes

Fourth tone. 要 also means "going to": 要下雨了 (yào xià yǔ le), it's going to rain. Don't is 不要 (bú yào).

More examples with 要

• 我要这个。

  我要這個。

  Wǒ yào zhège.

  I want this one.

• 要下雨了。

  Yào xià yǔ le.

  It's going to rain.

How to write 要 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.