(zhòng yào) - important, significant in Mandarin
zhòngyàoTraditional: 重要
Translation
important, significant
Word origin
重要 (zhòngyào) 'important' joins 重 (zhòng, 'heavy') and 要 (yào, 'essential, to want'). 重 depicts a person carrying a heavy load, hence 'heavy, weighty'; 要 originally pictured a waist and means 'essential'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 重 (zhòng, 'heavy') + 要 (yào, 'essential')
Stroke order
重
要
Examples
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This is very important.
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The most important thing is health.
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This matter is not important.
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There is an important meeting today.
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Health is more important than money.
重要 (zhòng yào) means important, significant. It is used as a adjective in everyday Mandarin speech.
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(6)Grammar articles
(6)Asking How + Adjective in Mandarin with 多: 多高, 多远, 多长, 多大
Formal Mandarin Connectives: 然而, 因此, 于是 and 尽管 (The Written Register)
Mandarin 性 (xìng) and 化 (huà): Building Abstract Nouns and '-ise' Verbs
The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于
The Mandarin 者 (zhě) Suffix: 作者, 读者, 前者, and Naming the One Who Does It
Mandarin 之 (zhī): 之一, 之间, 之后, 之中, 总之 and the Written Ancestor of 的
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