想要
xiǎng yào
Pinyin

Definition

想要
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xiǎng yào
  1. to want to
  2. to feel like
  3. to fancy
  4. to care for sb
  5. desirous of

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

想
xiǎng
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to suppose
  4. 4 to wish
  5. 5 to want
  6. 6 to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
要
yāo
  1. 1 to demand
  2. 2 to request
  3. 3 to coerce
主要
zhǔ yào
  1. 1 main
  2. 2 principal
  3. 3 major
  4. 4 primary
只要
zhǐ yào
  1. 1 if only
  2. 2 so long as
梦想
mèng xiǎng
  1. 1 (fig.) to dream of
  2. 2 dream

Idioms (20)

不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit where it hurts
  3. 3 fig. to hit home
  4. 4 an argument that hits the nail on the head
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too

Sample Sentences

我有个护士朋友说是家长想要女婿了，所以想认识认识新朋友。但是她可挑剔了，她开出来的征友条件，让人看了都傻眼。
wǒ yǒu ge hùshi péngyou shuō shì jiāzhǎng xiǎngyào nǚxu le ，suǒyǐ xiǎng rènshi rènshi Xīn péngyou 。dànshì tā kě tiāoti le ，tā kāi chūlái de zhēngyǒu tiáojiàn ，ràng rén kàn le dōu shǎyǎn 。
I have a nurse friend who says that her parents want a son-in-law, so she wants to meet new friends. But she’s very picky, and her list of boyfriend criteria is really shocking.
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她要她的白马王子眼睛大，眉毛浓，头发微微自然卷，个子还要高，最重要的是要有钱，要能常常买新衣服，买她想要的东西给她。
tā yào tā de báimǎwángzǐ yǎnjing dà ，méimao nóng ，tóufa wēiwēi zìrán juǎn ，gèzi hái yào gāo ，zuì zhòngyào de shì yào yǒuqián ，yào néng chángcháng mǎi Xīn yīfu ，mǎi tā xiǎngyào de dōngxi gěi tā 。
She wants her Prince Charming to have big eyes, thick eyebrows, slightly curly hair, to be tall, and above all, to have money, to be able to buy new clothes and what she wants all the time.
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如果你不想要，想退出要趁早，我没有非要一起到老。
rúguǒ nǐ bù xiǎngyào ，xiǎng tuìchū yào chènzǎo ，wǒ méiyǒu fēi yào yīqǐ dào lǎo 。
If you don’t want that, quit while it’s still early. I don’t really have to grow old with you.
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小姐，你想要几碗？
xiǎojie ，nǐ xiǎngyào jǐ wǎn ？
Miss, how many bowls do you want?
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粉丝想要对爱豆进行爱的供养，只要双方你情我愿，何乐而不为呢？
fěnsī xiǎngyào duì àidòu jìnxíng ài de gōngyǎng ，zhǐyào shuāngfāng nǐqíngwǒyuàn ，hélèérbùwéi ne ？
Fans want to show love and support for their idols ,as long as both parties are willing, why not?
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其实我也知道，只是还是不由自主地想要道歉。虽然我每天过着没有空调的生活，真的很憋闷。
qíshí wǒ yě zhīdào ，zhǐshì háishi bùyóuzìzhǔ de xiǎngyào dàoqiàn 。suīrán wǒ měitiān guò zhe méiyǒu kōngtiáo de shēnghuó ，zhēnde hěn biēmen 。
In fact, I also know that, just that I still apologize involuntarily. Although I have been without air conditioning every day and it’s really depressing.
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一开始想要做一个主播的初衷是什么呢？
yīkāishǐ xiǎngyào zuò yīgē zhǔbō de chūzhōng shì shénme ne ？
What was your original intention of becoming a host at the beginning?
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这家购物中心应有尽有。想要买什么，就有什么。有蔬菜、水果、名牌，还有各种不同的商品。
zhè jiā gòuwùzhōngxīn yīngyǒujìnyǒu 。xiǎngyào mǎi shénme ，jiù yǒu shénme 。yǒu shūcài 、shuǐguǒ 、míngpái ，háiyǒu gèzhǒng bùtóng de shāngpǐn 。
This shopping mall has everything that one expects to find. You name it, you have it. They have vegetables, fruits, branded goods and lots of other things.
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若干年后齐宣王过世，他的儿子齐愍王继承了王位。这位齐愍王和他爹一样也喜欢听人吹奏竽，不同的是，他喜欢听独奏。有天，他颁布了道命令，要求隔天让那三百位乐师逐一吹竽给他听。乐师们听闻命令都相当开心，大家都想要在君王面前大展身手，只有那位滥竽充数的南郭先生觉得非常心虚，十分焦虑。心想：”这可是欺君之罪，要杀头的啊！我还不得赶紧溜之大吉？”于是连忙收拾行李，有多远逃多远了。
ruògān nián hòu QíXuānwáng guòshì ，tā de érzi QíMǐnwáng jìchéng le wángwèi 。zhèwèi QíMǐnwáng hé tā diē yīyàng yě xǐhuan tīng rén chuīzòu yú ，bùtóng de shì ，tā xǐhuan tīng dúzòu 。yǒu tiān ，tā bānbù le dào mìnglìng ，yāoqiú gétiān ràng nà sān bǎi wèi yuèshī zhúyī chuī yú gěi tā tīng 。yuèshī men tīngwén mìnglìng dōu xiāngdāng kāixīn ，dàjiā dōu xiǎngyào zài jūnwáng miànqián dàzhǎnshēnshǒu ，zhǐyǒu nà wèi lànyúchōngshù de Nánguō xiānsheng juéde fēicháng xīnxū ，shífēn jiāolǜ 。xīnxiǎng ：”zhè kěshì qījūnzhīzuì ，yào shātóu de a ！wǒ hái bùdé gǎnjǐn liūzhīdàjí ？”yúshì liánmáng shōushi xíngli ，yǒu duō yuǎn táo duō yuǎn le 。
Some years later, the King passed away and his son, the King Min, inherited the throne. The King was similar to his dad in that he also loved listening to the yu. The difference was that he preferred solo performances. One day, he enacted an order, asking the 300 musicians to play the yu for him one by one. The musicians were quite happy to hear this order since they all wanted to show their talent in front of the King. However, Nan Guo, who has been pretending to play the yu, felt very guilty and anxious about this order. He thought “This is a crime of deceiving the King, people are decapitated over this! I must escape right this moment!” So he urgently packed his luggage and fled as far as he could.
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因为在东方，龙代表的是吉祥的意思，所以大家都想要龙宝宝。
yīnwèi zài Dōngfāng ，lóng dàibiǎo de shì jíxiáng de yìsi ，suǒyǐ dàjiā dōu xiǎngyào lóng bǎobǎo 。
In Chinese culture, dragons represent luckiness, so everybody wants to have a dragon baby born in the year of dragon.
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