要緊

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See also: 要紧

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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要緊

  1. important; pressing; urgent
    救人要緊救人要紧  ―  jiùrén yàojǐn  ―  saving lives is most important at this moment
  2. critical; serious

Synonyms

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  • (pressing):
  • (critical):

Derived terms

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Adverb

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要緊

  1. (dialectal) in a hurry to; anxious to

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (要緊):
  • Japanese: (よう)(きん) (yōkin)
  • Korean: 요긴(要緊) (yogin)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
よう
Grade: 4
きん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(よう)(きん) (yōkinえうきん (eukin)?-na (adnominal (よう)(きん) (yōkin na), adverbial (よう)(きん) (yōkin ni))

  1. (literary) important; pressing; urgent
    Synonym: 緊要 (kin'yō)

Inflection

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Noun

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(よう)(きん) (yōkinえうきん (eukin)?

  1. (literary) importance; press; urgency
    Synonym: 緊要 (kin'yō)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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要緊 (yogin) (hangeul 요긴)

  1. Hanja form? of 요긴.