How to Say ‘Yes, you need to’ in Traditional Chinese
要喔
yào ō
[yào oh]
💬 Usage Tip: Chinese has no word for "yes" here. You answer by repeating the verb from the question, so 要嗎？ gets 要 "need to" or 不要 "no need".
Phrase Breakdown
要
yào
[yào]
need to; have to
Expresses necessity, asking whether something is required.
要排隊嗎？
Do we need to line up?
喔
ō
[oh]
oh; sentence particle
A friendly final particle that softens the tone and sounds warm or casual.
到時候見喔。
See you then.
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