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Chinese Grammar Points (24) The Multiple Usages of 要





1 要= "request; ask sb. to do sth. "

2 要 + length of time or amount of money, can express "cost; take".

3 (快/就)+要= "be going to; shall; will"

4 (想)+要+Verb = “hope; want; wish"

5 要 as "ought to; might; must; should"

6 不+要="Don't"

7 Conjunction "要是" = "if"