要是
yào​shi HSK3

if

  • created reference approved 要是 → 的话/的話 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    要是 yào​shi

    的话 / 的話 de​huà

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 要是 · yào​shi · if — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    要是

    yào​shi

    if

    if; suppose; in case. Often used in the spoken language, it can be used alone or together with [[的话|的話|de5 hua4]] to express a hypothetical condition.

    yào​shì

    要 (literal) → 要 · yào · if 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense