1. to ask
2. to invite
3. please (do sth)
4. to treat (to a meal etc)
5. to request

1. front
2. forward
3. ahead
4. first
5. top (followed by a number)
6. future
7. ago
8. before
9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
10. former
11. formerly

1. to want; to need; to ask for
2. will; shall; about to
3. need to; should
4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
5. (bound form) important

1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
3. used in 要褭／要袅

1. to exist; to be alive
2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

1. on top of
2. above-mentioned
3. also pr. shàngmian

1. to stick
2. to paste
3. to post (e.g. on a blog)
4. to keep close to
5. to fit snugly
6. to subsidize
7. allowance (e.g. money for food or housing)
8. sticker
9. classifier for sticking plaster: strip

classifiers: 枚, 張