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Essential factor in Chinese: 要素 (yào sù)

yào sù

essential factor

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Definitions

  1. 1essential factor
  2. 2key constituent

Stroke order

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要
素

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄠˋ

yào

ㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄙㄨˋ

sù

ㄙ/ sㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 时间是决定成败的关键要素。

    shí jiān shì jué dìng chéng bài de guān jiàn yào sù。

    Time is the key factor that decides success or failure.

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Related words

要

yào

to want

素

sù

raw silk

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

朴素

pǔ sù

plain and simple

要不

yào bù

otherwise

要是

yào shi

(coll.) if

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