
| yāo | demand/ask/request/coerce | 
| yào | important/vital/to want/will/going to (as future auxiliary)/may/must | 
| 要 | to demand to request to coerce  | 
| 要不 | otherwise or or else  | 
| 要不得 | intolerable unacceptable  | 
| 要不是 | if it were not for but for  | 
| 要不然 | otherwise or else or  | 
| 要么 | or either one or the other  | 
| 要义 | the essentials | 
| 要之 | in brief in a word  | 
| 要买 | It is generally written as "邀买". | 
| 要买人心 | to win people's hearts by statecraft | 
| 要事 | important matter | 
| 要人 | important person | 
| 要件 | key document important condition criterion  | 
| 要价 | to ask a price by extension, to impose a condition  | 
| 要价还价 | bargain; haggle | 
| 要冲 | road hub major crossroad  | 
| 要击 | to intercept to ambush  | 
| 要功 | take credit for someone else's achievement | 
| 要加牛奶 | with milk white (of tea, coffee etc)  | 
| 要务 | key task important affair  |