要
紧

Important in Chinese: 要紧 (yào jǐn)

yào jǐn

important

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 要緊1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1important
  2. 2urgent

Stroke order

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要
紧

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄠˋ

yào

ㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄣˇ

jǐn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

要紧

Simplified

要緊

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这件事很要紧，你别忘了。

    zhè jiàn shì hěn yào jǐn， nǐ bié wàng le。

    This matter is very important, don't forget it.

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Related words

要

yào

to want

紧

jǐn

tight

需要

xū yào

to need

要求

yāo qiú

to request

重要

zhòng yào

important

主要

zhǔ yào

main

紧张

jǐn zhāng

nervous

只要

zhǐ yào

if only

必要

bì yào

necessary

次要

cì yào

secondary

赶紧

gǎn jǐn

hurriedly

紧急

jǐn jí

urgent

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