重要

Character by character

• 重zhòng9 strokesHSK 1heavy, weighty; double
• 要yào9 strokesHSK 1necessary, essential; necessity

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 这不重要。

  Zhè bù zhòng yào

  This is not important.

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• 真的不重要。

  Zhēn de bù zhòng yào

  It's really not important.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 重要. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 要yàoHSK 1

  to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 是); (bound form) important

• 需要xū yàoHSK 3

  to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs

• 不要bù yàoHSK 2

  don't!; must not

• 要求yāo qiúHSK 2

  to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand

• 只要zhǐ yàoHSK 2

  if only; so long as

• 重zhòngHSK 1

  heavy; serious; to attach importance to

• 严重yán zhòngHSK 4

  grave; serious; severe; critical

• 重新chóng xīnHSK 2

  again; once more; re-

• 主要zhǔ yàoHSK 2

  main; principal; major; primary

• 就要jiù yàoHSK 2

  will; shall; to be going to

• 必要bì yàoHSK 3

  necessary; essential; indispensable; required

• 重点zhòng diǎnHSK 2

  important point; main point; focus; key (project etc); to focus on; to put the emphasis on

• 要是yào shiHSK 3

  (coll.) if

• 重大zhòng dàHSK 3

  great; important; major; significant

• 尊重zūn zhòngHSK 5

  to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper

• 要么yào meHSK 6

  or; either one or the other

• 重复chóng fùHSK 2

  to repeat; to duplicate

• 重视zhòng shìHSK 2

  to attach importance to sth; to value

• 要不yào bùHSK 7

  otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...)

• 体重tǐ zhòngHSK 4

  body weight

• 重建chóng jiànHSK 6

  to rebuild; to reestablish; reconstruction; rebuilding

• 快要kuài yàoHSK 2

  nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)

• 沉重chén zhòngHSK 4

  heavy; hard; serious; critical

• 重量zhòng liàngHSK 4

  weight