| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 必要 | bì yào | necessary; essential; indispensable; required | |
| 必要條件 | 必要条件 | bì yào tiáo jiàn | requirement; necessary condition (math) |
| 必要性 | bì yào xìng | necessity | |
| 不必要 | bú bì yào | needless; unnecessary | |
| 不得要領 | 不得要领 | bù dé yào lǐng | fail to grasp the main points |
| 不要 | bù yào | don't!; must not | |
| 不要緊 | 不要紧 | bù yào jǐn | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right; but |
| 不要臉 | 不要脸 | bù yào liǎn | have no sense of shame; shameless |
| 不重要 | bù zhòng yào | unimportant | |
| 次要 | cì yào | secondary | |
| 大要 | dà yào | abstract; gist; main points | |
| 非常重要 | fēi cháng zhòng yào | very important | |
| 概要 | gài yào | outline | |
| 綱要 | 纲要 | gāng yào | (n) outline; essential points |
| 高要 | Gāo yào | (N) Gaoyao (city in Guangdong) | |
| 紀要 | 纪要 | jì yào | (n) summary of a meeting log |
| 簡要 | 简要 | jiǎn yào | concise; brief |
| 簡要介紹 | 简要介绍 | jiǎn yào jiè shào | brief introduction |
| 將要 | 将要 | jiāng yào | will; shall; be going to |
| 快要 | kuài yào | almost; nearly; almost all | |
| 沒有必要 | 没有必要 | méi yǒu bì yào | there is no need to (do sth) |
| 生產要素 | 生产要素 | shēng chǎn yào sù | factors of production |
| 事情要做 | shì qíng yào zuò | thing that needs to be done | |
| 首要 | shǒu yào | (adj) the most important | |
| 提要 | tí yào | (n) summary; abstract | |
| 無關緊要 | 无关紧要 | wú guān jǐn yào | indifferent; insignificant |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; needs; to require | |
| 須要 | 须要 | xū yào | must; have to |
| 要 | yāo | demand; ask; request; coerce | |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | request; require; stake a claim (to something); to ask; to demand | |
| 要 | yào | important; vital; to want; to be going to; must | |
| 要不 | yào bu | otherwise; or; or else | |
| 要不然 | yào bu rán | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 要部然 | yào bu rán | otherwise | |
| 要不是 | yào bu shì | if it were not for; but for | |
| 要得 | yào dé | good; fine | |
| 要地 | yào dì | strategic location | |
| 要點 | 要点 | yào diǎn | main point; essential |
| 要飯 | 要饭 | yào fàn | beg (for food or money) |
| 要好 | yào hǎo | be on good terms; be close friends | |
| 要花 | yào huā | cost; raise (price); bring (a price) | |
| 要緊 | 要紧 | yào jǐn | important; urgent |
| 要領 | 要领 | yào lǐng | (n) main aspects; essentials; gist |
| 要麼 | 要么 | yào me | (conj) either X or Y (used when given a choice between two things) |
| 要命 | yào mìng | (v) cause sb to die; (adj) extremely; frighteningly; very; (adj) annoyance | |
| 要人 | yào rén | important person | |
| 要塞 | yào sāi | stronghold | |
| 要食物不要炸彈 | 要食物不要炸弹 | Yào shí wù bù yào zhà dàn | Food Not Bombs |
| 要是 | yào shì | if | |
| 要素 | yào sù | essential; factor; constituent | |
| 要有 | yào yǒu | need; require | |
| 一定要 | yī dìng yào | must | |
| 摘要 | zhāi yào | summary; abstract | |
| 只要 | zhǐ yào | if only; so long as | |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major | |
| 重要的是 | zhòng yào de shì | It is important (that) ... | |
| 重要問題 | 重要问题 | zhòng yào wèn tí | an important issue |
| 重要性 | zhòng yào xìng | importance | |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary | |
| 主要來源 | 主要来源 | zhǔ yào lái yuán | principle source; main source |
| 主要原因 | zhǔ yào yuán yīn | main reason; primary cause | |
| 最主要 | zuì zhǔ yào | main |
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