Expressing determination with "feiyao"

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Most advanced Chinese learners know how to express "wanting to do something" with 要, but sometimes you need to turn it up a degree and express "absolutely insist on doing something". In that case, you can use 非要.

Structure

Just use 非要 like the auxiliary verb . Use it coupled with another verb.

Subject + 非要 + Verb

非要 could be thought of as "absolutely wanting " or "absolutely insist" on doing something. It can be thought of as the short form of 非常想要.

Examples

  • 您 是 我们 的 客人,我 非要 帮 您 带 您 的 行李 上 去。
  • 李 先生 觉得 不 好 意思,他 非要 向 他们 道歉。
  • 非要 一 边 吃 饭 一 边 看 漫画。

Sources and further reading

NEEDS SOURCES!

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