要
强

Eager to excel in Chinese: 要强 (yào qiáng)

yào qiáng

eager to excel

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 要強1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1eager to excel
  2. 2eager to get ahead in life
  3. 3strong-minded

Stroke order

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要
强

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄠˋ

yào

ㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄑㄧㄤˊ

qiáng

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

要强

Simplified

要強

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 她从小就很要强，什么事都想做到最好。

    tā cóng xiǎo jiù hěn yào qiáng， shén me shì dōu xiǎng zuò dào zuì hǎo。

    She has been eager to excel since childhood, wanting to do everything the best.

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Related words

要

yào

to want

强

qiáng

strong

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

坚强

jiān qiáng

staunch

强调

qiáng diào

to emphasize (a statement)

强烈

qiáng liè

strong

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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