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要是

yào shiㄧㄠˋ ㄕ˙

Sino-Vietnamese: YẾU THỊ

Traditional: 要是

HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 1

Meaning(conjunction, verb)

(coll.) if

Usually paired with 就 in the second clause: 要是……就…….

Examples

  • 要是明天下雨，我们就不去了。

    yào shi míng tiān xià yǔ, wǒ men jiù bú qù le.

    If it rains tomorrow, we won't go.

  • 要是你有空，来我家吃饭吧。

    yào shi nǐ yǒu kōng, lái wǒ jiā chī fàn ba.

    If you're free, come over for dinner.

  • 要是早知道，我就不买了。

    yào shi zǎo zhī dào, wǒ jiù bù mǎi le.

    If I'd known earlier, I wouldn't have bought it.

Easily confused

  • 如果 — Same meaning; 要是 is more colloquial, 如果 works in both speech and writing.

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Stroke order

YẾU · 9 strokes

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

THỊ · 9 strokes

to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)

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