Chinese grammar - To want - 要 (yào) |
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The Chinese verb 要 (yào) means 'to want'. It can take both a noun object and a verb. • So we can use it to say 'I want [something]' • As well as with a verb: 'I want [to do something]' Note that this is quite a direct way to ask for something and can be impolite. Indeed 要 (yào) also means 'to need' or can express the future tense ('going to') which we will see in a later topic. |
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我要一杯咖啡。
wǒ yào yì bēi kāfēi. I want a cup of coffee. |
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他要那三支笔。
tā yào nà sān zhī bǐ. He wants those three pens. |
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你要一杯茶吗？
nǐ yào yì bēi chá ma? Do you want a cup of tea? |
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你要什么？
nǐ yào shénme? What do you want? |
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我要一碗米饭，请。
wǒ yào yì wǎn mǐfàn,#qǐng. I want a bowl of rice, please.
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我要睡觉。
wǒ yào shuìjiào. I want to sleep. |
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她要喝什么？
tā yào hē shénme? What does she want to drink? |
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她要喝水。
tā yào hē shuǐ. She wants to drink water. |
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学生要学中文。
xuéshēng yào xué Zhōngwén. The student wants to learn Chinese.
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我要看电影。
wǒ yào kàn diànyǐng. I want to watch a movie. |
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他要吃面条。
tā yào chī miàntiáo. He wants to eat noodles. |
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你呢？你也要吃面条吗？
nǐ ne?#nǐ yě yào chī miàntiáo ma? How about you? Do you also want to eat noodles? |
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你要看这本书吗？
nǐ yào kàn zhè běn shū ma? Do you want to read this book? |
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是的，我要看那本书。
shìde,#wǒ yào kàn nà běn shū. Yes (that's right), I want to read that book. |
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老师要在这个学校工作。
lǎoshī yào zài zhè ge xuéxiào gōngzuò. The teacher wants to work in this school. |
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