重要

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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)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation


Note:
  • dong6 iou3 - Chaozhou;
  • dong6 iau3 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang.

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.
    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.
    Important things should be said three times.
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Etymology 2

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
    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

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.

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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 (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).