要 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 syn 重要 zhòng yào important / significant / major syn 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 重点 重點 zhòng diǎn important point / main point / focus / key (project etc) / to focus on / to put the emphasis on syn 没事儿 沒事兒 méi shì r to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn 没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important / it's nothing / never mind / to have nothing to do / to be free / to be all right (out of danger or trouble) syn 计 計 jì to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge syn 首要 shǒu yào the most important / of chief importance syn 要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important / urgent syn 算数 算數 suàn shù to count numbers / to keep to one's word / to hold (i.e. to remain valid) / to count (i.e. to be important) syn 重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential 看重 kàn zhòng to regard as important / to value syn 事迹 事跡 shì jì deed / past achievement / important event of the past syn 精华 精華 jīng huá best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul syn 莫大 mò dà greatest / most important syn 要事 yào shì important matter syn 自命不凡 zì mìng bù fán to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant syn 侍从 侍從 shì cóng to serve (an important personage) / attendant / retainer syn 公馆 公館 gōng guǎn residence (of sb rich or important) / mansion syn 要闻 要聞 yào wén important news story / headline 重用 zhòng yòng to put in an important position syn 非同小可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě extremely important / no small matter syn 要务 要務 yào wù key task / important affair 要人 yào rén important person syn 轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn 政要 zhèng yào important political leader / government dignitary syn 批文 pī wén official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing 吃紧 吃緊 chī jǐn in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important syn 忍辱负重 忍辱負重 rěn rǔ fù zhòng to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom) / to suffer in silence 冠冕 guān miǎn royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately syn 大将军 大將軍 dà jiāng jūn important general / generalissimo syn 要件 yào jiàn key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone 显要 顯要 xiǎn yào prominent / eminent / important person / notable / dignitary syn 避重就轻 避重就輕 bì zhòng jiù qīng to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones syn 周公 zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams" 保驾 保駕 bǎo jià (in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage) / (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular) syn 讳莫如深 諱莫如深 huì mò rú shēn important matter that must be kept secret (idiom) / don't breathe a word of it to anyone! syn 乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn 高居 gāo jū to stand above / to occupy an important position / to rank (among the top few) syn 持重 chí zhòng prudent / cautious / to be in charge of ritual ceremonies / to hold an important office syn 最重要 zuì zhòng yào most important / key 非常重要 fēi cháng zhòng yào very important 有意义 有意義 yǒu yì yì to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting 大牌 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important 街道办事处 街道辦事處 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities 楚国 楚國 chǔ guó the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei 主次 zhǔ cì the important and the less important / primary and secondary syn 重臣 zhòng chén important minister / major figure in government syn 贺龙 賀龍 hè lóng He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution 舍人 shè rén ancient office title / rich and important person 差使 chāi shǐ to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger syn 织田信长 織田信長 zhī tián xìn cháng ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan 鼎鼎 dǐng dǐng great / very important 白帝城 bái dì chéng Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction 拿大 ná dà to put on airs / self-important / high and mighty 祭酒 jì jiǔ to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China 死要面子 sǐ yào miàn zi to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable 重典 zhòng diǎn important classic text / severe laws 荣毅仁 榮毅仁 róng yì rén Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors 白崇禧 bái chóng xǐ Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949 从略 從略 cóng lüè to omit (less important details etc) syn 官 guān government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 至关重要 至關重要 zhì guān zhòng yào extremely important / vital / crucial / essential syn 丧 喪 sàng to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged syn 紧要关头 緊要關頭 jǐn yào guān tóu urgent and important moment (idiom) / critical juncture syn 仕 shì to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4] syn 要职 要職 yào zhí key job / important position syn 甸 diàn suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old) 公假 gōng jià official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business) 要图 要圖 yào tú main plan / important program syn 打紧 打緊 dǎ jǐn important 吃重 chī zhòng (of a role) arduous / important / (a vehicle's) loading capacity syn 要津 yào jīn strategic location / important hub / key post / prominent position syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer) syn 正式 zhèng shì formal / official syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 发送 發送 fā sòng to transmit / to dispatch / to issue (an official document or credential) syn 官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government) / administrator syn 官方 guān fāng government / official (approved or issued by an authority) syn 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) syn 出差 chū chāi to go on an official or business trip syn 办公 辦公 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office) syn 参军 參軍 cān jūn to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser / aide-de-camp syn 文书 文書 wén shū document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat syn 公务 公務 gōng wù official business syn 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 立案 lì àn to register (to an official organism) / to file a case (for investigation) 首长 首長 shǒu zhǎng senior official syn 谢恩 謝恩 xiè ēn to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official) syn 行人 xíng rén pedestrian / traveler on foot / passer-by / official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor syn 征召 徵召 zhēng zhào to enlist / to draft / to conscript / to appoint to an official position syn 弹劾 彈劾 tán hé to impeach (an official) syn 高官 gāo guān high official 外传 外傳 wài zhuàn unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography) 官邸 guān dǐ official residence syn 公文 gōng wén official document syn 议事 議事 yì shì to discuss official business syn 