重要

Chinese

 
heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
 
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
simp. and trad.
(重要)

Pronunciation


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

Adjective

重要

  1. important
    重要 [MSC, trad.]
    重要 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhòngyào de huà yào shuō sān biàn. [Pinyin]
    Important things should be said three times.

Derived terms


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

Adjectival noun

重要 (-na inflection, hiragana じゅうよう, rōmaji jūyō, historical hiragana ぢゅうえう)

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

Inflection

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

重要 (hiragana じゅうよう, rōmaji jūyō)

  1. importance, consequence, significance

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  • 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).
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