Chinese symbol for “important”
重要
zhòng yào
important; significant; major
The closest CC-CEDICT match for important is 重要 (zhòng yào), defined as: important; significant; major.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “important”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 要紧 (要緊) | yào jǐn | important; urgent |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to |
| 伟大 (偉大) | wěi dà | huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 重量级 (重量級) | zhòng liàng jí | (sports) heavyweight class; (fig.) important; major; prominent; influential |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 重要.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 严重 (嚴重) | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 重点 (重點) | chóng diǎn | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request; to require |
| 不要 | bù yào | don't!; must not |
See also: Japanese symbol for “important”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.