Important in Chinese
important · HSK 3
重要
- 重 heavy
- 要 to want
这件事对我很重要。 This matter is very important to me.
Other ways to say important
More words with 重 or 要
How do you say important in Chinese?
Important in Chinese is 重要 (zhòng yào). You can also say 重大 (zhòng dà), 大 (dà), 重 (zhòng), 重点 (zhòng diǎn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.