주요

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 主要, from 主 (“chief”) + 要 (“importance”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕujo]
• Phonetic hangul: [주요]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	juyo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	juyo
McCune–Reischauer?	chuyo
Yale Romanization?	cwu.yo

Noun

주요 • (juyo) (hanja 主要)

1. importance, primacy

Usage notes

Generally used adnominally to mean "important" or "key", in phrases such as 주요 원인, "important cause," but also as a stem, as in 주요리, "main course of a meal."