要是

yàoshi

conjunction HSK 3 #1,099

Meanings

1 if (colloquial)
2 in case; supposing

Characters

to want; will; if

Examples

要是下雨，我们就不去了。

Yàoshi xià yǔ, wǒmen jiù bú qù le.

If it rains, we won't go.

要是你不来，我自己去。

Yàoshi nǐ bù lái, wǒ zìjǐ qù.

If you don't come, I'll go by myself.

要是有时间就好了。

Yàoshi yǒu shíjiān jiù hǎo le.

If only there were time.

Tips

grammar

要是...就... is a common pattern for 'if...then...' in spoken Chinese. It's more colloquial than 如果 (rúguǒ).

Stroke Order

要 yào

是 shì