(w)

(yāo) to demand; to request; to coerce

(w)

(yào) important; vital; to want; will; going to (as future auxiliary); may; must; (used in a comparison) must be; probably

要不 (w)

(yàobù) otherwise; or; or else; how about...? (one choice or the other); either this, or else...

要不得 (w)

(yàobude) intolerable; unacceptable

要不是 (w)

(yàobushì) if it were not for; but for

要不然 (w)

(yàobùrán) otherwise; or else; or

要之 (w)

(yàozhī) in brief; in a word

要事 (w)

(yàoshì) important matter

要人 (w)

(yàorén) important person

要件 (w)

(yàojiàn) key document; important condition; criterion; requirement; requisite; cornerstone

要价 (w)

(yàojià) to ask a price; by extension, to impose a condition

要加牛奶 (w)

(yàojiāniúnǎi) with milk; white (of tea, coffee etc)

要务 (w)

(yàowù) key task; important affair

要命 (w)

(yàomìng) to cause sb's death; very; extremely; frightening; annoying

要员 (w)

(yàoyuán) key participant; VIP

要图 (w)

(yàotú) main plan; important program

要地 (w)

(yàodì) strategic location

要塞 (w)

(yàosài) stronghold; fort; fortification

要好 (w)

(yàohǎo) be on good terms; be close friends

要子 (w)

(yàozi) straw rope

要害 (w)

(yàohài) crucial; key point

要强 (w)

(yàoqiáng) eager to excel; wishing to outdo others

要径 (w)

(yàojìng) important path

要得 (w)

(yàodé) good; fine

要挟 (w)

(yāoxié) to threaten

要击 (w)

(yāojī) to intercept; to ambush

要旨 (w)

(yàozhǐ) the gist (of a text or argument); the main points

要是 (w)

(yàoshi) if

要晕 (w)

(yāoyūn) confused; dazed

要有 (w)

(yàoyǒu) to need; to require; must have

要枢 (w)

(yàoshū) important traffic hub; key crossroad

要样儿 (w)

(yàoyàngr) appearance; manner

要死 (w)

(yàosǐ) extremely important; deadly urgent; matter of life and death

要死不活 (w)

(yàosǐbùhuó) half dead; more dead than alive

要死要活 (w)

(yàosǐyàohuó) desperate; matter of life or death

要求 (w)

(yāoqiú) to request; to require; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]

要津 (w)

(yàojīn) key post

要犯 (w)

(yàofàn) major criminal

要略 (w)

(yàolüè) roughly; outline; summary

要目 (w)

(yàomù) important substance (of a document); key section

要看 (w)

(yàokàn) it depends on...

要端 (w)

(yàoduān) the main points

要素 (w)

(yàosù) essential factor; key constituent

要紧 (w)

(yàojǐn) important; urgent

要义 (w)

(yàoyì) the essentials

要闻 (w)

(yàowén) important news story; headline

要职 (w)

(yàozhí) key job; important position

要脸 (w)

(yàoliǎn) to save sb's face

要冲 (w)

(yàochōng) road hub; major crossroad

要言不烦 (w)

(yàoyánbùfán) to explain in simple terms; succinct; concise

要诀 (w)

(yàojué) the key trick; the secret of success

要说 (w)

(yàoshuō) as for; when it comes to

要谎 (w)

(yàohuǎng) to ask an enormous price (as first negotiating step)

要路 (w)

(yàolù) important road; main thoroughfare; fig. key position

要道 (w)

(yàodào) major road; thoroughfare; main road

要钱 (w)

(yàoqián) to charge; to demand payment

要隘 (w)

(yàoài) strategic pass

要面子 (w)

(yàomiànzi) to save one's face; to stay on one's dignity

要领 (w)

(yàolǐng) main aspects; essentials; gist

要饭 (w)

(yàofàn) to beg (for food or money)

要么 (w)

(yàome) or; either one or the other

要点 (w)

(yàodiǎn) main point; essential