Major in Chinese
major · HSK 3
主要
- 主 master
- 要 to want
这是我们的主要问题。 This is our main problem.
Other ways to say major
More words with 主 or 要
How do you say major in Chinese?
Major in Chinese is 主要 (zhǔ yào). You can also say 专业 (zhuān yè), 重大 (zhòng dà).
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.