"重要" meaning in Chinese

See 重要 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡soŋ²¹³ iau²¹³/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʊŋ²² jiːu̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɵŋ³² jau³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ i̯eu̯⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯eu̯⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Meinong, Sinological-IPA, Sixian, Southern], /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ iau⁵³/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /tyŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^((Ø-))ŋiɛu²¹³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ iau²¹/ [Hokkien, Singapore, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ iau²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ iau¹¹/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /tiɔŋ²² iau⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ iou²¹³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ iau²¹³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/, /t͡soŋ²¹³ iau²¹³/, /t͡sʊŋ²² jiːu̯³³/, /t͡sɵŋ³² jau³³/, /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ i̯eu̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯eu̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ iau⁵³/, /tyŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^((Ø-))ŋiɛu²¹³/, /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ iau²¹/, /tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ iau²¹/, /tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ iau¹¹/, /tiɔŋ²² iau⁴¹/, /toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ iou²¹³/, /toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ iau²¹³/, /zoŋ²² iɔ⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: zhòngyào [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄠˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], zong⁴ yao⁴ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], zung⁶ jiu³ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], zuung⁵ yau¹ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], chhung-yeu [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], cung⁴ yau⁴ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], dê̤ṳng-iéu, tiōng-iàu [Hokkien, POJ], tiǒng-iàu [Hokkien, POJ], dong⁶ iou³ [Peng'im, Teochew], dong⁶ iao³ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶zon-iau, zhòngyào [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄠˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jhòngyào [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chung⁴-yao⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jùng-yàu [Mandarin, Yale], jonqyaw [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], чжунъяо [Mandarin, Palladius], čžunʺjao [Mandarin, Palladius], zungjao [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], zung⁶ jiu³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], juhng yiu [Cantonese, Yale], dzung⁶ jiu³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], zung⁶ yiu³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], zuung⁵ yau¹ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], chhung-yeu [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], cung ieu [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], cung⁴ yeu⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], chhung-yeu [Hakka, Meinong, Phak-fa-su, Sixian, Southern], cung [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], ieu [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], cung⁴ yeu⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], dê̤ṳng-iéu [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], tiōng-iàu [Hokkien, Tai-lo], dioxng'iaux [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tiǒng-iàu [Hokkien, Tai-lo], tŏng iòu [POJ, Teochew], tŏng iàu [POJ, Teochew], ⁶zon-iau [Wu], zon^去 iau [Wu], ³zon-iau [Wu], /zoŋ²² iɔ⁴⁴/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 重要
  1. important; significant; major Derived forms: 至關重要 (zhìguānzhòngyào), 至关重要 (zhìguānzhòngyào), 重要分子, 重要性 (zhòngyàoxìng)
    Sense id: en-重要-zh-adj-ACLNMkbI Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 72 28 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Synonyms: 主要 (zhǔyào) (english: most important), 吃勁 (chījìn) [colloquial], 吃劲 (chījìn) [colloquial], 基本 (jīběn), 根本 (gēnběn), 當家 (dāngjiā) (english: most important) [attributive], 当家 (dāngjiā) (english: most important) [attributive], 要緊 (yàojǐn), 要紧 (yàojǐn), 重大, 關鍵 (guānjiàn), 关键 (guānjiàn)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

IPA: /t͡sʊŋ²² jiːu̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʊŋ²² jiːu̯³³/ Chinese transliterations: zung⁶ jiu³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], juhng yiu [Cantonese, Yale], dzung⁶ jiu³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], zung⁶ yiu³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|conjunction}} 重要
  1. (Cantonese) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 重, 要; and also Tags: Cantonese
    Sense id: en-重要-zh-conj-wLSOem9S Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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          "roman": "zhìguānzhòngyào",
          "word": "至關重要"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhìguānzhòngyào",
          "word": "至关重要"
        },
        {
          "word": "重要分子"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhòngyàoxìng",
          "word": "重要性"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "important discovery",
          "roman": "zhòngyào fāxiàn",
          "text": "重要發現/重要发现",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "significance",
          "roman": "zhòngyào yìyì",
          "text": "重要意義/重要意义",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to make an important speech",
          "roman": "zuò zhòngyào jiǎnghuà",
          "text": "作重要講話/作重要讲话",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Saving (your) life is more important.",
          "roman": "Bǎomìng gèng zhòngyào.",
          "text": "保命更重要。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I still have one very important thing to tell you.",
          "ref": "我還有一件很重要的事情要告訴你。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "我还有一件很重要的事情要告诉你。 [MSC, simp.]\nWǒ háiyǒu yī jiàn hěn zhòngyào de shìqíng yào gàosu nǐ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Important things should be said three times.",
          "ref": "重要的話要說三遍。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "重要的话要说三遍。 [MSC, simp.]\nZhòngyào de huà yào shuō sān biàn. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "important; significant; major"
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          "important"
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          "significant"
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          "major"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "most important",
          "roman": "zhǔyào",
          "word": "主要"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chījìn",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "吃勁"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chījìn",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "吃劲"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīběn",
          "word": "基本"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gēnběn",
          "word": "根本"
        },
        {
          "english": "most important",
          "roman": "dāngjiā",
          "tags": [
            "attributive"
          ],
          "word": "當家"
        },
        {
          "english": "most important",
          "roman": "dāngjiā",
          "tags": [
            "attributive"
          ],
          "word": "当家"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yàojǐn",
          "word": "要緊"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yàojǐn",
          "word": "要紧"
        },
        {
          "word": "重大"
        },
        {
          "roman": "guānjiàn",
          "word": "關鍵"
        },
        {
          "roman": "guānjiàn",
          "word": "关键"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhòngyào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zong⁴ yao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung⁶ jiu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zuung⁵ yau¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhung-yeu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cung⁴ yau⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "dê̤ṳng-iéu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiōng-iàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiǒng-iàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong⁶ iou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong⁶ iao³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶zon-iau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhòngyào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhòngyào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chung⁴-yao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jùng-yàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jonqyaw"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжунъяо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžunʺjao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zungjao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡soŋ²¹³ iau²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung⁶ jiu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "juhng yiu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzung⁶ jiu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung⁶ yiu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʊŋ²² jiːu̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zuung⁵ yau¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɵŋ³² jau³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhung-yeu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cung ieu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cung⁴ yeu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ i̯eu̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhung-yeu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cung⁴ yeu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯eu̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰʊŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ iau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dê̤ṳng-iéu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tyŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^((Ø-))ŋiɛu²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiōng-iàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dioxng'iaux"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ iau²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ iau²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ iau¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiǒng-iàu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ²² iau⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tŏng iòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tŏng iàu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ iou²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ iau²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶zon-iau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zon^去 iau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³zon-iau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/zoŋ²² iɔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡soŋ²¹³ iau²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʊŋ²² jiːu̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɵŋ³² jau³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ i̯eu̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯eu̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰʊŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ iau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tyŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^((Ø-))ŋiɛu²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ iau²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ iau²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ iau¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ²² iau⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ iou²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ iau²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zoŋ²² iɔ⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "重要"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "重要",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Not only he is always late, he also does everything incorrectly.",
          "ref": "佢成日遲返都不特只,重要做咩都做錯嗮 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "佢成日迟返都不特只,重要做咩都做错嗮 [Cantonese, simp.]\nkeoi⁵ seng⁴ jat⁶ ci⁴ faan¹ dou¹ bat¹ dak⁶ zi², cung⁴ jiu³ zou⁶ me¹ dou¹ zou⁶ co³ saai³ [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 重, 要; and also"
      ],
      "id": "en-重要-zh-conj-wLSOem9S",
      "links": [
        [
          "重",
          "重#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "要",
          "要#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 重, 要; and also"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung⁶ jiu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "juhng yiu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzung⁶ jiu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung⁶ yiu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʊŋ²² jiːu̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʊŋ²² jiːu̯³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "重要"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese conjunctions",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min adjectives",
    "Eastern Min lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "zhìguānzhòngyào",
      "word": "至關重要"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhìguānzhòngyào",
      "word": "至关重要"
    },
    {
      "word": "重要分子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhòngyàoxìng",
      "word": "重要性"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "중요"
          },
          "expansion": "중요 (jung'yo)",
          "name": "ko-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Korean: 중요 (jung'yo)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "important discovery",
          "roman": "zhòngyào fāxiàn",
          "text": "重要發現/重要发现",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "significance",
          "roman": "zhòngyào yìyì",
          "text": "重要意義/重要意义",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to make an important speech",
          "roman": "zuò zhòngyào jiǎnghuà",
          "text": "作重要講話/作重要讲话",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Saving (your) life is more important.",
          "roman": "Bǎomìng gèng zhòngyào.",
          "text": "保命更重要。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I still have one very important thing to tell you.",
          "ref": "我還有一件很重要的事情要告訴你。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "我还有一件很重要的事情要告诉你。 [MSC, simp.]\nWǒ háiyǒu yī jiàn hěn zhòngyào de shìqíng yào gàosu nǐ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Important things should be said three times.",
          "ref": "重要的話要說三遍。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "重要的话要说三遍。 [MSC, simp.]\nZhòngyào de huà yào shuō sān biàn. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "important; significant; major"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "important",
          "important"
        ],
        [
          "significant",
          "significant"
        ],
        [
          "major",
          "major"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhòngyào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zong⁴ yao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung⁶ jiu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zuung⁵ yau¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhung-yeu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cung⁴ yau⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "dê̤ṳng-iéu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiōng-iàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiǒng-iàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong⁶ iou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong⁶ iao³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶zon-iau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhòngyào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhòngyào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chung⁴-yao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jùng-yàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jonqyaw"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжунъяо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžunʺjao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zungjao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡soŋ²¹³ iau²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung⁶ jiu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "juhng yiu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzung⁶ jiu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung⁶ yiu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʊŋ²² jiːu̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zuung⁵ yau¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɵŋ³² jau³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhung-yeu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cung ieu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cung⁴ yeu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ i̯eu̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhung-yeu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cung⁴ yeu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯eu̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰʊŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ iau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dê̤ṳng-iéu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tyŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^((Ø-))ŋiɛu²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiōng-iàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dioxng'iaux"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ iau²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ iau²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ iau¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiǒng-iàu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ²² iau⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tŏng iòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tŏng iàu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ iou²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ iau²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶zon-iau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zon^去 iau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³zon-iau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/zoŋ²² iɔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡soŋ²¹³ iau²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʊŋ²² jiːu̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɵŋ³² jau³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ i̯eu̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯eu̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰʊŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ iau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tyŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^((Ø-))ŋiɛu²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ iau²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ iau²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ iau¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔŋ²² iau⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ iou²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ iau²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zoŋ²² iɔ⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "most important",
      "roman": "zhǔyào",
      "word": "主要"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chījìn",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "吃勁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chījìn",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "吃劲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīběn",
      "word": "基本"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gēnběn",
      "word": "根本"
    },
    {
      "english": "most important",
      "roman": "dāngjiā",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ],
      "word": "當家"
    },
    {
      "english": "most important",
      "roman": "dāngjiā",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ],
      "word": "当家"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàojǐn",
      "word": "要緊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàojǐn",
      "word": "要紧"
    },
    {
      "word": "重大"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guānjiàn",
      "word": "關鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guānjiàn",
      "word": "关键"
    }
  ],
  "word": "重要"
}

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  "lang_code": "zh",
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      "categories": [
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        "Cantonese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Not only he is always late, he also does everything incorrectly.",
          "ref": "佢成日遲返都不特只,重要做咩都做錯嗮 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "佢成日迟返都不特只,重要做咩都做错嗮 [Cantonese, simp.]\nkeoi⁵ seng⁴ jat⁶ ci⁴ faan¹ dou¹ bat¹ dak⁶ zi², cung⁴ jiu³ zou⁶ me¹ dou¹ zou⁶ co³ saai³ [Jyutping]",
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "重",
          "重#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "要",
          "要#Chinese"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung⁶ jiu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "juhng yiu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzung⁶ jiu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zung⁶ yiu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʊŋ²² jiːu̯³³/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʊŋ²² jiːu̯³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "重要"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.