要緊

See also: 要紧

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yàojǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ёҗин (i͡ožin, III-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ gan²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yeu-kín
• Northern Min (KCR): ia̿u-gěng
• Eastern Min (BUC): iéu-gīng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-kín

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iou³ ging²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹iau-cin; ⁵iau-cin
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): iau⁴ jin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàojǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàojǐn
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-chin³
    • Yale: yàu-jǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawjiin
    • Palladius: яоцзинь (jaoczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ёҗин (i͡ožin, III-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɔː⁴⁴ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ gan²
    • Yale: yiu gán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ gan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ gen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ kɐn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yeu-kín
    • Hakka Romanization System: ieu gin^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu⁴ gin³
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯⁵⁵ kin³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yeu-kín
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu gin^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu⁴ gin³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯⁵⁵ kin³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ia̿u-gěng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau³³ keiŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iéu-gīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(k-)iŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-kín
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-kín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iao'kien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kin⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau¹¹⁻⁵³ kin⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²¹⁻⁴¹ kin⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iou³ ging²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iòu kíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iou²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kiŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹iau-cin; ⁵iau-cin
    • MiniDict: iau^平 cin; iau^去 cin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹iau-jin; ²iau-jin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹/, /iɔ³³ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: iau⁴ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕin⁴¹/

Adjective

要緊

1. important; pressing; urgent

   救人要緊／救人要紧  ―  jiùrén yàojǐn  ―  saving lives is most important at this moment

2. critical; serious

Synonyms

• (pressing):

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• 亟亟 (jíjí) (literary)
• 促迫 (cùpò)
• 倥傯 / 倥偬 (kǒngzǒng) (literary)
• 切切 (qièqiè) (literary)
• 加急 (jiājí) (attributive, of a telegram, test, etc.)
• 卒暴 (cùbào) (literary)
• 危迫 (wēipò) (literary)
• 吃緊 / 吃紧 (chījǐn)
• 孔亟 (kǒngjí)
• 孔急 (kǒngjí)
• 急 (jí)
• 急促 (jícù)
• 急切 (jíqiè)
• 急急 (jíjí) (literary)
• 急要 (jíyào) (literary)
• 急迫 (jípò)
• 打緊 / 打紧 (dǎjǐn)
• 火急 (huǒjí)
• 窘促 (jiǒngcù)
• 緊促 / 紧促 (jǐncù)
• 緊張 / 紧张 (jǐnzhāng)
• 緊急 / 紧急 (jǐnjí)
• 緊要 / 紧要 (jǐnyào)
• 緊迫 / 紧迫 (jǐnpò)
• 緊逼逼 / 紧逼逼 (Hokkien)
• 迫切 (pòqiè)
• 遑急 (huángjí) (literary)
• 險急 / 险急 (xiǎnjí)

• (critical):

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• 不得了 (bùdéliǎo)
• 了不得 (colloquial)
• 勿得了 (Wu)
• 嚴峻 / 严峻 (yánjùn)
• 嚴重 / 严重 (yánzhòng)
• 慘 / 惨 (cǎn) (of losses, defeats, etc.)
• 慘重 / 惨重 (cǎnzhòng)
• 深重 (shēnzhòng)
• 礙事 / 碍事 (àishì) (often in the negative)
• 腬身 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 重大

Derived terms

• 不要緊 / 不要紧 (bùyàojǐn)
• 無要緊 / 无要紧 (mò-yeu-kín)
• 袂要緊 / 袂要紧

Adverb

要緊

1. (dialectal) in a hurry to; anxious to

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (要緊):

• → Japanese: 要(よう)緊(きん) (yōkin)
• → Korean: 요긴(要緊) (yogin)