Chinese symbol for “vital”
至关重要
zhì guān zhòng yào
Traditional: 至關重要
extremely important; vital; crucial; essential
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vital is 至关重要 (zhì guān zhòng yào), defined as: extremely important; vital; crucial; essential.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “vital”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 至关重要.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 至少 | zhì shǎo | at least; (to say the) least |
| 至今 | zhì jīn | so far; to this day |
| 至于 (至於) | zhì yú | as for; as to |
| 截至 | jié zhì | up to (a time); by (a time) |
| 日至 | rì zhì | solstice; the winter solstice 冬至 and summer solstice 夏至 |
| 关系 (關係) | guān xi | relation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect |
| 关于 (關於) | guān yú | pertaining to; concerning |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vital”.
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.