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要求 yāoqiú

要求 yāoqiú Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 7 English Translations of the word 要求 yāoqiú .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yāoqiú | yao1 qiu2
English translation
to request
to require
to stake a claim
to ask
to demand
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Traditional form

要求 yāoqiú

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 要求 yāoqiú

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yāo

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of two hands grabbing a woman's waist. The current meaning "want" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning "waist" is now written as yāo .

Positional decomposition

覀女

Number of Strokes

9
qiú

Explanation

Pictograph of a crawling insect. The current meaning "seek" or "beg" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

一氺

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 要求 yāoqiú

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我们 wǒmen de 产品 chǎnpǐn dàn 要求 yāoqiú 数量 shùliàng duō ,而且 érqiě 要求 yāoqiú 质量 zhìliàng Gāo .

In production, we demand not only quantity but also quality.

guì 公司 gōngsī de 报价 bào jià tài Gāo , 公司 gōngsī 要求 yāoqiú 减价 jiǎn jià 5%.

Your price is too high. We ask for reduction of 5 %.

出于 chū yú 无奈 wúnài ,我们 wǒmen zhǐ zhào 要求 yāoqiú de zuò le .

We had no choice but to do what we were asked.

Lán què 相信 xiāngxìn , ér dōng Měi 要求 yāoqiú 输入 shūrù de 名字 míngzi sòng 出去 chū qù .

Fuyumi asks Ai to write her name and send it out.

孩子 háizi men bèi 要求 yāoqiú yòng qīng zuò 模型 móxíng 飞机 fēijī .

The children were asked to model an airplane out of balsa - wood.

要求 yāoqiú Decomposition

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要求 yāoqiú Compounds

See all 33 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 要求 yāoqiú in their composition.

  • yāo
    • yāo , yāo , jiào , yǎo , yāo , fiào , yǎo , , biáo , yǎo , ,
  • qiú
    • qiú , jiù , qiú , qiú , qiú , qiú , Qiú , 絿 qiú , qiú , qiú , , , , , , , , , , ,
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