要末

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	end; final stage; latter part
trad. (要末)		要	末
simp. #(要末)		要	末
alternative forms		要麼／要么

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàome

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄇㄜ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵iau-meq₈

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàome
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄇㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàome̊
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-mê⁵
    • Yale: yàu-me
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw.me
    • Palladius: яомэ (jaomɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ mə¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵iau-meq₈
    • MiniDict: iau^去 meh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²iau-meq₅
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɔ³³ məʔ⁴⁴/

Conjunction

要末

1. either ... or ...; or

   要末幫儂去，要末幫伊去。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   要末帮侬去，要末帮伊去。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁵iau-meq₈ ¹paon ⁶non ⁵chi ⁵iau-meq₈ ¹paon ⁶yi ⁵chi [Wugniu]

   Either I go with you or I go with him.

Synonyms

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• 一係／一系
• 或是 (huòshì)
• 或者 (huòzhě)
• 要不 (yàobù)
• 要麼／要么 (yàome)

 

Usage notes

• In Northern Wu, the usage of 末 is the standard whereas 麼／么 is variant.