Expressing determination with "feiyao"

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 一定要 or 非要. Most time 非要 appears with a self-willed emotional color while一定要 is just a expression of "absolutely wanting " or "absolutely insist" without any emotional color.

Structure

Just use 非要 like the auxiliary verb 要. Often use it coupled with 不可.

Subj. + 非要 + Verb (+ 不可)

See also

• Adding emphasis with "fei....buke"
• Expressing “must" with "feidei"

Sources and further reading

HSK6