What does 重要 mean in Chinese?

重要 (zhòng yào) means "important; significant; major" in Chinese. It is an HSK Level 1 word.

How do you pronounce 重要?

重要 is pronounced "zhòng yào" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 2 syllables.

重要 is an HSK Level 1 word (HSK 2.0: Level 3, HSK 3.0: Level 1).

重要 is made up of the characters 重, 要. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.

You can practice writing 重要 using our stroke order tool.

重要

zhòng yào

important; significant; major

这很重要。

Zhè hěn zhòngyào

This is very important

HSK 2.0: Level 3HSK 3.0: Level 1

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