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要样儿

yào yàng rdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(dialect) to care about appearances / to put on a good front
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-3a65f5691dd3ae1d. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

要樣兒 要样儿 [yao4 yang4 r5] /(dialect) to care about appearances; to put on a good front/

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Reference information

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Character information

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Other forms in these source records: 要樣兒

  • 要
    yāo

    (bound form) to demand / to coerce

    yào

    to want / to need / to ask for / will / shall / about to / need to / should / if (same as 要是[yào shi]) / (bound form) important

  • 样
    yàng

    manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape / classifier: kind, type

  • 儿
    ér

    child / son

    r

    non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.