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要是 (yào shi): meaning and stroke order

要是 (yào shi) means (coll.) if.

要是

Simplified
要是
Traditional
要是 (same form)
Pinyin
yào shi

Stroke order of 要是

要

  • yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
  • yào to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

是

  • shì to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true
  • shì variant of 是[shi4]
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 昰

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 要是

  1. yào shi
    • (coll.) if

Radicals of the characters

要
Radical 襾 (Kangxi radical 146) · 9 strokes · 覀 on top, 女 below
是
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 9 strokes · 日 on top, 𤴓 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

要是 in our stories

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  • 要是以前，邓强一定会跟她争几句；可是这次，他只是点点头，说：“谢谢，明天您再来尝尝。”

    yàoshi yǐqián Dèng Qiáng yídìng huì gēn tā zhēng jǐ jù kěshì zhè cì tā zhǐshì diǎn diǎn tóu shuō xièxie míngtiān nín zài lái chángchang

    In the old days Deng Qiang would certainly have argued. This time he just nodded: "Thank you. Come and try it again tomorrow."

    From the story A second chance HSK 5

  • 他对妻子说：“打仗是关系到生死的大事，这孩子却说得那么轻松。将来赵国要是让他带兵，军队一定会毁在他手里。”

    tā duì qīzi shuō dǎzhàng shì guānxì dào shēngsǐ de dàshì zhè háizi què shuō de nàme qīngsōng jiānglái Zhàoguó yàoshi ràng tā dàibīng jūnduì yídìng huì huǐ zài tā shǒu lǐ

    He said to his wife: "War is a matter of life and death, yet the boy talks about it so lightly. If Zhao ever puts him in command, the army is sure to be destroyed in his hands."

    From the story Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 要是

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).