緊要

See also: 紧要

Chinese

tight; nervous; strict
 
important; vital; to want
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
trad. (緊要) 緊 要
simp. (紧要) 紧 要
anagram 要緊/要紧

Pronunciation


Adjective

緊要

  1. (urgently) important; vital; critical; serious; crucial
  2. (Cantonese) to an extreme degree; serious
    呢度熱得好緊要。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢度热得好紧要。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ni1 dou6 jit6 dak1 hou2 gan2 jiu3. [Jyutping]
    It's hot like crazy here.
Synonyms
  • (important):
Derived terms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 緊要 – see 緊欲 (“to be anxious; to be impatient”).
(This term is a variant form of 緊欲).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
緊 要
きん
Grade: S
よう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲĩɰ̃jo̞ː]

Adjective

緊(きん)要(よう) • (kin'yō) -na (adnominal 緊(きん)要(よう)な (kin'yō na), adverbial 緊(きん)要(よう)に (kin'yō ni))

  1. very important

Inflection

Korean

Hanja in this term
緊要

Noun

緊要 • (ginyo) (hangeul 긴요)

  1. Hanja form? of 긴요 (“important; critical; serious”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
緊要

Adjective

緊要

  1. chữ Hán form of khẩn yếu (“urgent and important”).
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