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)
simp. #(重要)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • dong6 iou3 - Chaozhou;
  • dong6 iau3 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang.
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai):
        • Wugniu: 6zon-iau
        • MiniDict: zon iau
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3zon-iau
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoŋ²² 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
    重要講話重要讲话   zuò zhòngyào jiǎnghuà   to make an important speech
    保命重要   Bǎomìng gèng zhòngyào.   Saving (your) life is more important.
    還有重要事情告訴 [MSC, trad.]
    还有重要事情告诉 [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 [MSC, trad.]
    重要 [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 , ; and also
    成日不特只 [Cantonese, trad.]
    成日不特只 [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 .

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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

(じゅう)(よう) • (jūyō) ぢゆうえう (dyuueu)?-na (adnominal (じゅう)(よう) (jūyō na), adverbial (じゅう)(よう) (jūyō ni))

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

Inflection

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Antonyms

Noun

(じゅう)(よう) • (jūyō) ぢゆうえう (dyuueu)?

  1. importance, consequence, significance

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  • 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

Noun

重要 • (jung'yo) (hangeul 중요)

  1. Hanja form? of 중요 (importance).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

重要

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