非要 meaning in English
to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth)
17 strokes
Meaning of 非要
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
fēiyào
- to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth)
非要 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
如果非要我当你的丈夫，我宁愿上吊死在第一棵树上。
If I had to be your husband, I'd rather hang myself on the first tree.
Stroke order for each character
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非 fēi · to not be · 8 strokes
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要 yào · to want · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 非要.
| 非常 | fēicháng | very; really; unusual; extraordinary |
| 重要 | zhòngyào | important; significant; major |
| 不要 | bùyào | don't!; must not |
| 只要 | zhǐyào | so long as; provided; if |
| 就要 | jiùyào | will; shall |
| 要求 | yāoqiú | to request; to require |
| 主要 | zhǔyào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 快要 | kuàiyào | nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) |
| 需要 | xūyào | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs |
| 要是 | yàoshi | (coll.) if |
| 必要 | bìyào | necessary; essential |
| 不要紧 | bùyàojǐn | unimportant; not serious |
Questions about 非要
What does 非要 mean?
非要 (fēiyào) means "to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth)".
How do you write 非要?
非要 is made of 2 characters: 非 (8 strokes), 要 (9 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.