緊要

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See also: 紧要

Chinese

tight; nervous; strict
important; vital; to want
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
 
trad. (緊要) 緊 要
simp. (紧要) 紧 要
anagram 要緊／要紧

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

緊要

  1. (urgently) important; vital; critical; serious; crucial
  2. (Cantonese) to an extreme degree; serious
    呢度熱得好緊要。
    呢度热得好紧要。
    ni1 dou6 jit6 dak1 hou2 gan2 jiu3.
    It's hot like crazy here.
Synonyms
  • (important):
Derived terms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 緊要 – see 緊欲 (“to be anxious; to be impatient”).
(This term is a variant form of 緊欲).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
緊 要
きん
Grade: S 		よう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

緊(きん)要(よう) • (kin'yō) -na (adnominal 緊(きん)要(よう)な (kin'yō na), adverbial 緊(きん)要(よう)に (kin'yō ni))

  1. very important

Inflection

Inflection of 緊要
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 緊要だろ きんようだろ kin-yō daro
Continuative (連用形) 緊要で きんようで kin-yō de
Terminal (終止形) 緊要だ きんようだ kin-yō da
Attributive (連体形) 緊要な きんような kin-yō na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 緊要なら きんようなら kin-yō nara
Imperative (命令形) 緊要であれ きんようであれ kin-yō de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 緊要ではない
緊要じゃない 		きんようではない
きんようじゃない 		kin-yō de wa nai
kin-yō ja nai
Informal past 緊要だった きんようだった kin-yō datta
Informal negative past 緊要ではなかった
緊要じゃなかった 		きんようではなかった
きんようじゃなかった 		kin-yō de wa nakatta
kin-yō ja nakatta
Formal 緊要です きんようです kin-yō desu
Formal negative 緊要ではありません
緊要じゃありません 		きんようではありません
きんようじゃありません 		kin-yō de wa arimasen
kin-yō ja arimasen
Formal past 緊要でした きんようでした kin-yō deshita
Formal negative past 緊要ではありませんでした
緊要じゃありませんでした 		きんようではありませんでした
きんようじゃありませんでした 		kin-yō de wa arimasen deshita
kin-yō ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 緊要で きんようで kin-yō de
Conditional 緊要なら（ば） きんようなら（ば） kin-yō nara (ba)
Provisional 緊要だったら きんようだったら kin-yō dattara
Volitional 緊要だろう きんようだろう kin-yō darō
Adverbial 緊要に きんように kin-yō ni
Degree 緊要さ きんようさ kin-yōsa

Korean

Hanja in this term
緊要

Noun

緊要 • (ginyo) (hangeul 긴요)

  1. hanja form? of 긴요 (“important; critical; serious”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
緊要

Adjective

緊要

  1. chữ Hán form of khẩn yếu (“urgent and important”)
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