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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 重要

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
重要 zhòng yào - important; significant; major

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 1 303 178 328

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chóng- to repeat
- repetition
- again
- re-
- classifier: layer
zhòng- heavy
- serious
- to attach importance to
yāo- (bound form) to demand; to coerce
yào- to want; to need; to ask for
- will; shall; about to
- need to; should
- if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5])
- (bound form) important

Other Words Containing 重要

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
重要 3 1 303 178 328
至关重要 - 7 7,193 8,718 16,823
重要性 - - 9,030 5,313 10,783