要麼

See also: 要么

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	dimi.
trad. (要麼/要麽)		要	麼/麽
simp. (要么)		要	么
alternative forms		要末

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàome

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄇㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ mo¹
• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ mo¹
    • Yale: yiu mō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ mo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ mo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ mɔː⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵iau-meq₈
    • MiniDict: iau^去 meh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²iau-meq₅
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɔ³³ məʔ⁴⁴/

Conjunction

要麼

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

   要麼給我愛，要麼給我錢，要麼給我滾。 [MSC, trad.]
   要么给我爱，要么给我钱，要么给我滚。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yàome gěi wǒ ài, yàome gěi wǒ qián, yàome gěi wǒ gǔn. [Pinyin]

   Give me love, or give me money, or get the hell away from me.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

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