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要么

yào me

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 要麼

要么 (yào me) means "or; either one or the other". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 要么 means

1. or
2. either one or the other

The characters in 要么

• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 么mesuffix, used to form interrogative 什么

Sounds the same

Read yào me, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 要末variant of 要么

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