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要是

yào shi

HSK 3 · word 2055 of 3,000

Meaning

• (coll.) if

Example sentence

Characters in 要是

• 要 yào to want; to need; to ask for
• 是 shì to be (followed by substantives only)

要 if plus 是, to be. The spoken counterpart of 如果, and it pairs with 就 in the second clause.

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