要强 meaning in English

yàoqiáng

eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 要強21 strokes

Meaning of 要强

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yàoqiáng
  1. eager to excel
  2. eager to get ahead in life
  3. strong-minded

要强 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

不bú要yào强qiǎng迫pò自zì己jǐ做zuò不bù喜xǐ欢huān的de事shì情qíng。
Don't force yourself to do things that you don't like.
我wǒ不bù知zhī道dào他tā有yǒu没méi有yǒu超chāo能néng力lì,但dàn是shì我wǒ猜cāi他tā可kě能néng比bǐ一yì般bān人rén要yào强qiáng吧ba。
I don't know if he has any special powers or not, but he's probably stronger than a normal human.

Stroke order for each character

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要 yào · to want · 9 strokes

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强 qiáng · strong · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 要强.

重要zhòngyàoimportant; significant; major
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
只要zhǐyàoso long as; provided; if
就要jiùyàowill; shall
要求yāoqiúto request; to require
主要zhǔyàomain; principal; major; primary
快要kuàiyàonearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
需要xūyàoto need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
要是yàoshi(coll.) if
必要bìyàonecessary; essential
强大qiángdàbig and strong; formidable; powerful
坚强jiānqiángstaunch; strong

Questions about 要强

What does 要强 mean?

要强 (yàoqiáng) means "eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 要强?

要强 is made of 2 characters: 要 (9 strokes), 强 (12 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 要强 an HSK word?

Yes. 要强 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 要强 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 要强 is written 要強.