Breakdown of shǒujīyínháng yào yànzhèngmǎ hé zhīfùmìmǎ.
和hé
and
要yào
to need to
手机银行shǒujīyínháng
mobile banking
验证码yànzhèngmǎ
Questions & Answers about shǒujīyínháng yào yànzhèngmǎ hé zhīfùmìmǎ.
Why does 要 mean need here? I thought it usually meant want.
要 is very flexible. It can mean want, but it can also mean need, must, or require, depending on context.
In this sentence, 手机银行要验证码和支付密码, 要 does not mean that mobile banking wants something emotionally. It means requires or needs.
A natural way to understand the pattern is:
A 要 B = A needs/requires B
So here, 手机银行 is the thing that requires something, and 验证码和支付密码 are the things required.
What exactly does 手机银行 mean? Is it literally mobile phone bank?
Literally, 手机 means mobile phone and 银行 means bank, so the compound looks like mobile-phone bank.
But in real usage, 手机银行 means mobile banking or a mobile banking app/service.
So it refers to doing banking on your phone, not to a physical bank.
This is very common in Chinese: two nouns are put together to form a more specific concept.
Is 手机银行 really the subject of the sentence?