重要

Chinese

 
heavy; serious; to double
heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
 
important; vital; to want
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
trad. (重要) 重 要
simp. #(重要) 重 要

Pronunciation


Note:
  • dong6 iou3 - Chaozhou;
  • dong6 iau3 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: 3zon-iau
      • Sinological IPA (key): /z̥ʊŋ²² iɔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

重要

  1. important; significant; major
    重要發現/重要发现  ―  zhòngyào fāxiàn  ―  important discovery
    重要意義/重要意义  ―  zhòngyào yìyì  ―  significance
    作重要講話/作重要讲话  ―  zuò zhòngyào jiǎnghuà  ―  to make an important speech
    保命更重要。  ―  Bǎomìng gèng zhòngyào.  ―  Saving (your) life is more important.
    我還有一件很重要的事情要告訴你。 [MSC, trad.]
    我还有一件很重要的事情要告诉你。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ háiyǒu yī jiàn hěn zhòngyào de shìqíng yào gàosu nǐ. [Pinyin]
    I still have one very important thing to tell you.
    重要的話要說三遍。 [MSC, trad.]
    重要的话要说三遍。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhòngyào de huà yào shuō sān biàn. [Pinyin]
    Important things should be said three times.
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Pronunciation


Conjunction

重要

  1. (Cantonese) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 重,‎ 要; and also
    佢成日遲返都不特只,重要做咩都做錯嗮 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢成日迟返都不特只,重要做咩都做错嗮 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 seng4 jat6 ci4 faan1 dou1 bat1 dak6 zi2, cung4 jiu3 zou6 me1 dou1 zou6 co3 saai3 [Jyutping]
    Not only he is always late, he also does everything incorrectly.
Usage notes

Usually written as 仲要.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
重 要
じゅう
Grade: 3
よう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

/djuːeu/ → /d͡ʑuːeu/ → /d͡ʑuːjoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 重要 (drjowngX ʔjiewH, literally “heavy + important”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じゅうよー [jùúyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑɨᵝːjo̞ː]

Adjective

重(じゅう)要(よう) • (jūyō) ←ぢゆうえう (dyūeu)?-na (adnominal 重(じゅう)要(よう)な (jūyō na), adverbial 重(じゅう)要(よう)に (jūyō ni))

  1. important, significant
    あのテストは重(じゅう)要(よう)だ。
    Ano tesuto wa jūyō da.
    That test is important.

Inflection

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

重(じゅう)要(よう) • (jūyō) ←ぢゆうえう (dyūeu)?

  1. importance, consequence, significance

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
重要

Noun

重要 • (jung'yo) (hangeul 중요)

  1. Hanja form? of 중요 (“importance”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
重要

Adjective

重要

  1. chữ Hán form of trọng yếu (“important”).
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