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要是 yàoshi

要是 yàoshi Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 要是 yàoshi .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yàoshi | yao4 shi5
English translation
if

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Traditional form

要是 yàoshi

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí
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Etymology of 要是 yàoshi

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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
shì

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Origin unclear.

Positional decomposition

日疋

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 要是 yàoshi

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现在 xiànzài yāo shì 失败 shībài le , shuí lái shōu shè 残局 cán jú ?

If you fail now, who will pick up the pieces?

不过 bùguò , yāo shì dào 欧洲 Ōuzhōu , jiù Néng 看到 qún 国王 guówáng ,到处 dàochù luàn 窜乱 tiào . ”

But if you was to go to Europe you'd see a raft of'em hopping around. "

yāo shì 抓到的话 de huà , hēng ( jiù jué Ráo )!

If I ever catch him.

yāo shì zài , 再不 zài bù 下手 xià shǒu 的话 de huà , 非得 fēi děi gěi biē .

I swear , I'm going to bust up if we don't, we don't get going.

yāo shì piān 园地 yuán dì 铺上草皮 cǎo pí ,那是 nà shi hěn hǎo de .

It will be good if that part of the garden is turfed.

要是 yàoshi Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 要是 yàoshi and their own compounds.

要是 yàoshi Compounds

See all 49 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 要是 yàoshi in their composition.

  • yāo
    • yāo , yāo , jiào , yǎo , yāo , fiào , yǎo , , biáo , yǎo , ,
  • shì
    • , , shī , , , , , , wěi , shí , shí , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , wěi ,
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