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重要 (zhòng yào): Important (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

重 • zhòng • heavy; serious; once more • HSK 2.0 L4
HSK 4
zhòng重

heavy; serious; once more

要 • yào • want; be going to; ask for; demand • HSK 2.0 L2
HSK 2
yào要

want; be going to; ask for; demand

Word Info

Pinyinzhòng yào
Meaningimportant
Characters2
SyntaxAdjective
4.

How to Use 重要 in Sentences

Adverb + Adjective
hěn很
zhòng重
yào要
neutral
very important
fēi非
cháng常
zhòng重
yào要
neutral
extremely important
Adjective + Noun
zhòng重
yào要
de的
shì事
qing情
5.

Example Sentences with 重要

shuǐ水
hěn很
zhòng重
yào要
。
Water is important.

HSK 3 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 重要.

  • 帽子mào zihat
  • 音乐yīn yuèmusic
  • 明白míng baito understand
  • 结束jié shùfinish
  • 需要xū yàoneed
  • 了解liǎo jiěunderstand
  • 爷爷yé yegrandfather [father's father]
  • 起来qǐ laistand up; sit up; rise to one's feet
  • 客人kè rénguest
  • 筷子kuài zichopsticks
  • 检查jiǎn cháinspect
  • 努力nǔ lìhardworking
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 重要.

Words with 重
  • 严重yán zhòngserious
  • 体重tǐ zhòngbody weight
  • 尊重zūn zhòngto honour
  • 重新
neutral
important matter
zhòng重
yào要
huì会
yì议
formalWritten
important meeting
zhòng重
yào要
rén人
wù物
formal
important person
zài在
huì会
yì议
shàng上
，
tā他
tí提
chū出
le了
yí一
gè个
zhòng重
yào要
de的
jiàn建
yì议
。
At the meeting, he made an important suggestion.
nǐ你
jué觉
de得
péng朋
you友
zhī之
jiān间
de的
xìn信
rèn任
zhòng重
yào要
ma吗
？
Do you think trust between friends is important?
xué学
xí习
hěn很
zhòng重
yào要
，
suǒ所
yǐ以
wǒ我
yào要
nǔ努
lì力
。
Learning is important, so I need to work hard.
suī虽
rán然
shí时
jiān间
hěn很
jǐn紧
，
dàn但
zhè这
jiàn件
shì事
bìng并
bú不
zhòng重
yào要
。
Although time is tight, this matter is not important.
chóng xīn
again
  • 重点zhòng diǎnmain point
  • 重视zhòng shìvalue
  • 轻重qīng zhòngseverity; degree of seriousness; weight
  • 重复chóng fùto repeat; to duplicate; iterate
    • Words with 要
    • 不要bù yàodon't!
    • 快要kuài yàonearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
    • 主要zhǔ yàomainly
    • 要求yāo qiúrequirement
    • 需要xū yàoneed
    • 只要zhǐ yàoso long as ...
    • 将要jiāng yàowill
    • 要是yào shiif; suppose; in case