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 change or replace
2. to experience
3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

1. more
2. even more
3. further
4. still
5. still more

1. many; much; more; a lot of
2. too many; in excess
3. (after a numeral) ... odd
4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
5. (bound form) multi-; poly-

1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs

1. coin
2. money
3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩 liǎng

classifier: 筆

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of farm tool
2. a kind of farm tool