要紧 meaning in English

yàojǐn

important; urgent

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 要緊19 strokes

Meaning of 要紧

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yàojǐn

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

这zhè没méi什shén么me要yào紧jǐn的de。

It's nothing serious.

你nǐ怎zěn么me这zhè么me要yào紧jǐn哪nǎ！

Why are you so anxious!

稍shāo微wēi冷lěng点diǎn儿ér不bú要yào紧jǐn。

I don't care if it's a bit cold.

脸liǎn色sè这zhè么me差chà不bú要yào紧jǐn吗ma？要yào不bù还hái是shì去qù一yī趟tàng医yī院yuàn比bǐ较jiào好hǎo吧ba？

Your face looks pale. Are you OK? Maybe it would be better if you went to the hospital, don't you think?

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Words that share a character with 要紧.

重要	zhòngyào	important; significant; major
不要	bùyào	don't!; must not
只要	zhǐyào	so long as; provided; if
就要	jiùyào	will; shall
要求	yāoqiú	to request; to require
主要	zhǔyào	main; principal; major; primary
快要	kuàiyào	nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
需要	xūyào	to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
要是	yàoshi	(coll.) if
紧张	jǐnzhāng	nervous; keyed up
必要	bìyào	necessary; essential
赶紧	gǎnjǐn	hurriedly; without delay

What does 要紧 mean?

要紧 (yàojǐn) means "important; urgent" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 要紧?

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

Is 要紧 an HSK word?

Yes. 要紧 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 要紧 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 要紧 is written 要緊.