"To want" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 需要 | xū yào | to need / to want / to demand / to require / needs |   |
| 愿意 | yuàn yì | to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth) | |
| 要 |  yào | to want / to need / to ask for / will / shall / about to / need to / should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important | |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about) / to think of / to devise / to think (that) / to believe (that) / to desire / to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) | |
| 需 | xū | to require / to need / to want / necessity / need | |
| 忺 | xiān | (literary) to want / to desire / (literary) pleased / gratified / happy | |
