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要求 in Context

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要求 

Usage 1 - "requirement": 

*Sentence:

学校的要求很严格。 

English:

The school has strict requirements

Top-Down Words:

严格 yángé - strict, rigorous 


Usage 2 - "to require":

Sentence:

我要求孩子们唱歌。 

English:

I require the kids to sing.

Top-Down Words:

唱歌 chànggē - to sing 


Sentence:

我的老板要求明天我们去成都出差。

English:

My boss needs us to go to Chengdu for a business trip tomorrow.

Top-Down Words:

老板 lǎobǎn - boss, one's boss, the boss of a place
成都 chéngdū - Chengdu (capital of Sichuan province)
出差 chūchāi - to go on a business trip


*Sentence:

你只有要求他们给你冰水,不过,他们很有可能会说没有。

English:

You can only ask them for ice water but it's very likely they will say they don't have it.



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Comments   7

Micaela Ellison

你只有要求他们给你冰水,不过,他们很有可能会说没有。Unless I missed something, I believe we were told 要求 means requirement or require. But this sentence suggests 要求 can also mean to ask. If that's right, is it a common usage for this word?

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Mandarin Blueprint

It is both a verb and a noun, and both usages are quite common.

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Micaela Ellison

Another question about this sentence -- Are 有可能 and 可能 interchangeable? It seems the 很有 added before 可能 here is changing the meaning from "maybe, possibly" to "likely, probably."

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Mandarin Blueprint

Pretty much interchangeable. "There is a possibility" vs. "possibly/maybe." Not much difference.

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Rick Angleland

Any suggestions for our mnemonic movie to remind us of the less-common tone for 要 in 要求?

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Mandarin Blueprint

People with a lot of 要求 have HIGH standards/are HIGH maintenance. This should help you remember it's the HIGH first tone.

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MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXDL2tel1es&t=2359s

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