要害

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
trad. (要害)		要	害
simp. #(要害)		要	害

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàohài

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ hoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-hāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàohài
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàohài
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-hai⁴
    • Yale: yàu-hài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawhay
    • Palladius: яохай (jaoxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ hoi⁶
    • Yale: yiu hoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ hoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ hoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ hɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-hāi
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-hāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iao'hai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ hai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ hai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau¹¹⁻⁵³ hai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²¹⁻⁴¹ hai³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 要害

1. vulnerable part (of the body); vital organ
2. crucial point; strategic point; key

Synonyms

• (crucial point): (figurative) 牛鼻子 (niúbízi), 關鍵／关键 (guānjiàn), 癥結／症结 (zhēngjié)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
要	害

Noun

要害 • (yohae) (hangeul 요해)

1. hanja form^? of 요해 (“vital part; crucial point; strategic point”)