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要求yāoqiúto require; requirement

Theme
Verbs
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
16
Characters
2

How 要求 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

要 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
求 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

老师对学生有很高的要求。

Lǎoshī duì xuéshēng yǒu hěn gāo de yāoqiú.

The teacher has high expectations of the students.

  • 老师lǎoshīteacher
  • 对duìcorrect; towards
  • 学生xuéshēngstudent
  • 有yǒuto have
  • 很hěnvery
  • 高gāotall
  • 的depossessive particle
  • 要求yāoqiúto require; requirement

他的要求太高了。

Tā de yāoqiú tài gāo le.

His demands are too high.

  • 他tāhe
  • 的depossessive particle
  • 要求yāoqiúto require; requirement
  • 太tàitoo; excessively
  • 高gāotall
  • 了lecompleted action marker

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 需要xūyàoto need
  • 重要zhòngyàoimportant
  • 主要zhǔyàomain