xiǎng​yào

want

想要 xiǎng​yào
want verb
to want to do something, to feel like, or to be desirous of something

I want to buy a pair of new shoes.

fancy verb
to care for someone or feel a strong attraction to or desire for someone

He had always wanted her but never confessed his feelings.

Frequency

Written text
104.4 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)