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Secondary in Chinese: 次要 (cì yào)

cì yào

secondary

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Definitions

  1. 1secondary

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次
要

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄘˋ

cì

ㄘ/ cˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧㄠˋ

yào

ㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 女性永远只能扮演次要角色吗？

    nǚ xìng yǒng yuǎn zhǐ néng bàn yǎn cì yào jué sè ma？

    Must the woman always play the secondary role?

  • 汤姆每次要是不带地图的话就会迷路。

    tāng mǔ měi cì yào shi bú dài dì tú de huà jiù huì mí lù。

    Tom always gets lost if he doesn't carry a map.

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Related words

次

cì

next in sequence

要

yào

to want

需要

xū yào

to need

要求

yāo qiú

to request

重要

zhòng yào

important

主要

zhǔ yào

main

其次

qí cì

next

只要

zhǐ yào

if only

必要

bì yào

necessary

要不

yào bù

otherwise

要是

yào shi

(coll.) if

上次

shàng cì

last time

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