重要

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Chinese

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

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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重要

  1. important; significant; major
    重要發現重要发现  ―  zhòngyào fāxiàn  ―  important discovery
    重要意義重要意义  ―  zhòngyào yìyì  ―  significance
    重要講話重要讲话  ―  zuò zhòngyào jiǎnghuà  ―  to make an important speech
    保命重要  ―  Bǎomìng gèng zhòngyào.  ―  Saving (your) life is more important.
    還有重要事情告訴 [MSC, trad.]
    还有重要事情告诉 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ háiyǒu yī jiàn hěn zhòngyào de shìqíng yào gàosu nǐ. [Pinyin]
    I still have one very important thing to tell you.
    重要 [MSC, trad.]
    重要 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhòngyào de huà yào shuō sān biàn. [Pinyin]
    Important things should be said three times.
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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重要

  1. (Cantonese) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ,‎ ; and also
    成日不特只 [Cantonese, trad.]
    成日不特只 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 seng4 jat6 ci4 faan1 dou1 bat1 dak6 zi2, cung4 jiu3 zou6 me1 dou1 zou6 co3 saai3 [Jyutping]
    Not only he is always late, he also does everything incorrectly.
Usage notes
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Usually written as .

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じゅう
Grade: 3
よう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

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/djuːeu//d͡ʑuːeu//d͡ʑuːjoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 重要 (drjowngX ʔjiewH, literally heavy + important).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(じゅう)(よう) (jūyōぢゆうえう (dyuueu)?-na (adnominal (じゅう)(よう) (jūyō na), adverbial (じゅう)(よう) (jūyō ni))

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

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Noun

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(じゅう)(よう) (jūyōぢゆうえう (dyuueu)?

  1. importance, consequence, significance

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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重要 (jung'yo) (hangeul 중요)

  1. hanja form? of 중요 (importance)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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重要

  1. chữ Hán form of trọng yếu (important).