How to Say ‘To need to; going to’ in Traditional Chinese
要
yào
[yao]
💬 Usage Tip: [要] often means “going to” in context. In sports reactions, it signals something seemed about to happen: [要進了].
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: In fast commentary-like speech, [要] helps create suspense—like the ball is “just about to” go in.
Phrase Breakdown
要
yào
[yao]
be going to; about to
要 often means something is about to happen very soon.
那顆球看起來要進了，全場都站起來了。
That ball looked like it was about to go in, and the whole crowd stood up.
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