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yếu  
yếu (also: yêu)
【to need, to require, to demand; necessary】*; weak, feeble
Frequency #178
Grade2
Strokes9
Radical ⾑ [146.3]
IPA [ iəw˧˥ ] north   [ iəw˥ ] south
IDS ⿱覀女
Unicode: U+8981 - 要  —  Lookup at: UNICODE | MDBG | JDIC | VDICT | NOMFOUNDATION | NOMDICT | WIKTIONARY

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Grade 2要yêu yêu  【to need, to require, to demand; necessary】*

Grade 2要yếu yếu  weak, feeble

Grade 3要求yêu cầu yêu cầu  to require, to ask

Grade 0勤要cần yếu cần yếu  indispensable, essential, important

Grade 0必要tất yếu tất yếu  indispensable

Grade 0次要thứ yếu thứ yếu  secondary

Grade 0要人yếu nhân yếu nhân  very important person, (abbr. VIP)

Grade 0要點yếu điểm yếu điểm  the essential point, the main point

Grade 0重要trọng yếu trọng yếu  essential

Grade 0𡮈要nhỏ yếu nhỏ yếu  small and weak

Grade 0𦓅要già yếu già yếu  decrepit, old and feeble

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Grade 4主要chủ yếu chủ yếu  main
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* 【Morphemic definitions are given in square brackets like these】

Unihan data

Vietnamese yếu
Cantonese jiu1 jiu3
Hangul 요
HanyuPinlu yào(8645) yāo(456)
HanyuPinyin 42805.080:yāo,yào,yǎo
JapaneseKun IRU MOTOMERU KANAME
JapaneseOn YOU
Korean YO
Mandarin yào
Tang *qiɛ̀u
XHC1983 1339.040:yāo 1343.020:yào
Definition (Chinese) necessary, essential; necessity

Occurrences of 要

có yêu anh1

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1 Trống quân tân truyện, 1909