重要 (zung6 jiu3 | zhong4 yao4) : important

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重要

zung6 jiu3

zhong4 yao4

important | [粵]: also 緊要

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 22,900,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

重要

This word has been viewed 6194 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 31st Jul 2004 05:17 and last edited on 11th Dec 2008 17:55

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Characters in this word:

重 cung5 zung6 cung4 - heavy; important; furthermore; repeat
要 jiu3 jiu1 - want; must; shall; important; demand; if

6 compounds containing this word:

重要性 - importance
不重要 - unimportant
不重要的 - slight
非常重要 - very important
重要的是 - It is important (that) ...
重要問題 - an important issue

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咁重要嘅嘢，而家先至同我講粵
Why has he left telling me such an important thing until now?
[Lit. so important [possessive particle] thing, now only with me say?]

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

喪事最重要部份叫喪禮粵
The most important part after a person dies is called the funeral.
[Lit. Death-matters most important part call funeral]

我仲有樣好重要嘅嘢要問清楚你粵
I still have something important and in need of clarification to ask you.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

仲要 zung6 jiu3 zhong4 yao4 = still want; want in addition to [variation of 重要] 粵

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