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纲要

纲要 (gāng yào): Main points / outline (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

纲要 consists of 2 characters.

main rope, key link, guiding principle

want; be going to; ask for; demand

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Pinyingāng yào

Meaningmain points / outline

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxNoun

Word纲要

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 纲要.

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Words with 要

不要bù yàoHSK 1
快要kuài yàoHSK 2
主要zhǔ yàoHSK 3
要求yāo qiúHSK 3
重要zhòng yàoHSK 3
需要xū yàoHSK 3
只要zhǐ yàoHSK 4
将要jiāng yàoHSK 4

3.

How to Use 纲要 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 纲要 with other words naturally.

Measure Word + Nounwith份

yī一

fèn份

gāng纲

yào要

neutral

an outline

Noun + Noun

gāng纲

yào要

cǎo草

àn案

formalWritten

Adjective + Nounwith发展

fā发

zhǎn展

gāng纲

yào要

Verb + Objectwith制定

zhì制

dìng定

gāng纲

yào要

4.

Example Sentences with 纲要

zhè这

shì是

xué学

xí习

de的

gāng纲

yào要

outline draft

gāng纲

yào要

nèi内

róng容

formal

outline content

formal

development outline

formal

formulate an outline

。

This is the outline for studying.

Zài在

huì会

yì议

kāi开

shǐ始

qián前

，

tā他

xiān先

jiè介

shào绍

le了

bào报

gào告

de的

gāng纲

yào要

。

Before the meeting started, he first introduced the outline of the report.

zài在

zhèng正

shì式

huì会

yì议

kāi开

shǐ始

qián前

，

qǐng请

wù务

bì必

zǐ仔

xì细

yuè阅

dú读

zhè这

fèn份

xiàng项

mù目

gāng纲

yào要

。

Before the formal meeting begins, please be sure to read this project outline carefully.

nǐ你

néng能

fǒu否

jiǎn简

yào要

gài概

kuò括

yí一

xià下

zhè这

fèn份

zhèng政

cè策

gāng纲

yào要

de的

hé核

xīn心

nèi内

róng容

？

Can you briefly summarize the core content of this policy outline?

lǎo老

shī师

gěi给

le了

wǒ我

men们

kè课

chéng程

de的

gāng纲

yào要

。

The teacher gave us the outline of the course.

zhè这

fèn份

bào报

gào告

gāng纲

yào要

quē缺

fá乏

guān关

jiàn键

shù数

jù据

，

yīn因

cǐ此

shuō说

fú服

lì力

míng明

xiǎn显

bù不

zú足

。

This report outline lacks key data, so its persuasiveness is clearly insufficient.

tā他

bù不

jǐn仅

tí提

gōng供

le了

xiáng详

xì细

de的

gāng纲

yào要

，

hái还

fù附

shàng上

le了

jù具

tǐ体

de的

zhí执

xíng行

shí时

jiān间

biǎo表

。

He not only provided a detailed outline but also attached a specific implementation timeline.

wǒ我

men们

xū需

yào要

xiān先

zhì制

dìng定

yí一

gè个

gāng纲

yào要

，

zài再

kāi开

shǐ始

xiě写

bào报

gào告

。

We need to create an outline first, then start writing the report.

wǒ我

men们

zuì最

hǎo好

xiān先

gēn根

jù据

gāng纲

yào要

tǎo讨

lùn论

，

bì避

miǎn免

piān偏

lí离

zhǔ主

tí题

。

We'd better discuss according to the outline first to avoid straying from the topic.