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重要
zung6 jiu3
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Level: 2 Google Frequency: 22,900,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 7182 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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Showing all 4 examples containing 重要 
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 … | ||
One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:
仲要
zung6 jiu3 = still want; want in addition to [variation of 重要] 粵Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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