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重要

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) 		重 要

Adjective

重要

  1. important
    重要的話要說三遍。 [MSC, trad.]
    重要的话要说三遍。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhòngyào de huà yào shuō sān biàn. [Pinyin]
    Important things should be said three times.

Derived terms

  • 重要分子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
重 要
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, romaji jūyō, historical hiragana ぢゅうえう)

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

Inflection

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Antonyms

Noun

重要 ‎(hiragana じゅうよう, romaji jūyō)

  1. importance, consequence, significance

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • 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 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term
重 要

Noun

重要 • ‎(jung-yo) ‎(hangeul 중요)

  1. Hanja form? of 중요, “importance”.

Pronunciation

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