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紧要 meaning in English

jǐnyào

critical; crucial

Traditional 緊要19 strokes

Meaning of 紧要

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jǐnyào
  1. critical
  2. crucial
  3. vital

紧要 in example sentences

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

那nà无wú关guān紧jǐn要yào。
That's unimportant.
无wú关guān紧jǐn要yào。
It doesn't matter.
你nǐ在zài思sī考kǎo无wú关guān紧jǐn要yào的de事shì情qíng。
You're thinking of unimportant things.
别bié想xiǎng了le，那nà不bù过guò是shì些xiē无wú关guān紧jǐn要yào的de细xì节jié。
Forget it, those are just trivial details.
你nǐ怎zěn么me想xiǎng无wú关guān紧jǐn要yào。
It doesn't matter what you think.

Stroke order for each character

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紧 jǐn · tight · 10 strokes

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要 yào · to want · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 紧要.

重要zhòngyàoimportant; significant; major
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
紧张jǐnzhāngnervous; keyed up
必要bìyàonecessary; essential
赶紧gǎnjǐnhurriedly; without delay

Questions about 紧要

What does 紧要 mean?

紧要 (jǐnyào) means "critical; crucial".

How do you write 紧要?

紧要 is made of 2 characters: 紧 (10 strokes), 要 (9 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

How is 紧要 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 紧要 is written 緊要.