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次要 meaning in English

cìyào

secondary

15 strokes

Meaning of 次要

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

cìyào
  1. secondary

次要 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ每měi次cì要yào是shì不bù带dài地dì图tú的de话huà就jiù会huì迷mí路lù。
Tom always gets lost if he doesn't carry a map.
我wǒ要yào给gěi我wǒ自zì己jǐ买mǎi一yí个gè新xīn照zhào相xiàng机jī，这zhè次cì要yào数shù码mǎ的de。
I'm going to buy myself a new camera, digital this time.
女nǚ性xìng永yǒng远yuǎn只zhǐ能néng扮bàn演yǎn次cì要yào角jué色sè吗ma？
Must the woman always play the secondary role?

Stroke order for each character

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次 cì · next in sequence · 6 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

要 yào · to want · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 次要.

重要zhòngyàoimportant; significant; major
下次xià cìnext time
上次shàng cìlast time
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
只要zhǐyàoso long as; provided; if
就要jiùyàowill; shall
要求yāoqiúto request; to require
主要zhǔyàomain; principal; major; primary
快要kuàiyàonearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
需要xūyàoto need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
要是yàoshi(coll.) if
必要bìyàonecessary; essential

Questions about 次要

What does 次要 mean?

次要 (cìyào) means "secondary".

How do you write 次要?

次要 is made of 2 characters: 次 (6 strokes), 要 (9 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.