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想要

xiǎng yào

Definitions

  1. 1. to want to
  2. 2. to feel like
  3. 3. to fancy
  4. 4. to care for sb
  5. 5. desirous of

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Example Sentences

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你 想要 哪本书？
Which book do you want?
这大致就是我 想要 说的。
This is roughly what I wanted to say.
湯姆 想要 瑪麗馬上離開。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1969196)
湯姆 想要 錢。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10275927)
想要 幫忙嗎？
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13145532)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org. AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.

Child Words of 想要

想
xiǎng

to think (about)

要
yāo

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

要
yào

to want; to need; to ask for