Chinese symbol for “significant”
重要
zhòng yào
important; significant; major
The closest CC-CEDICT match for significant is 重要 (zhòng yào), defined as: important; significant; major.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “significant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 意味深长 (意味深長) | yì wèi shēn cháng | profound; significant |
| 可观 (可觀) | kě guān | worth seeing; considerable; impressive; significant |
| 隽 (雋) | juàn | meaningful; significant |
| 隽永 (雋永) | juàn yǒng | meaningful; thought-provoking |
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 “significant”.
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.