要
么

Or in Chinese: 要么 (yào me)

yào me

or

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 要麼1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1or
  2. 2either one or the other

Stroke order

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要
么

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄠˋ

yào

ㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄇㄜ

me

˙/ neutral toneㄇ/ mㄜ/ e

Simplified & traditional

要么

Simplified

要麼

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 要么你去，要么我去。

    yào me nǐ qù， yào me wǒ qù。

    Either you go, or I go.

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Related words

要

yào

to want

什么

shén me

what?

怎么

zěn me

how?

多么

duō me

how (wonderful etc)

需要

xū yào

to need

要求

yāo qiú

to request

重要

zhòng yào

important

主要

zhǔ yào

main

只要

zhǐ yào

if only

必要

bì yào

necessary

次要

cì yào

secondary

要不

yào bù

otherwise

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