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 大多 dà duō for the most part / many / most / the greater part / mostly 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 配件 pèi jiàn component / part / fitting / accessory / replacement part 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 前段 qián duàn front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph 公馆 公館 gōng guǎn residence (of sb rich or important) / mansion syn 后跟 後跟 hòu gēn heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension") 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 声部 聲部 shēng bù part (in multipart instrumental or choral music), such as the soprano part or bass part 政要 zhèng yào important political leader / government dignitary syn 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 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 小数 小數 xiǎo shù small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction 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" 尾数 尾數 wěi shù remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) syn 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 歇后语 歇後語 xiē hòu yǔ anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part) 半工半读 半工半讀 bàn gōng bàn dú part work, part study / work-study program 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 大部份 dà bù fen (in) large part / (the) greater part / the majority 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 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 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 要职 要職 yào zhí key job / important position syn 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 去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 干 幹 gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed syn 与 與 yù to take part in syn 名 míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people syn 参加 參加 cān jiā to participate / to take part / to join syn 离 離 lí to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲ syn 处 處 chù (bound form) place / locality / (bound form) part / aspect / (bound form) office / department / bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point syn 分 fèn part / share / ingredient / component syn 部 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc syn 部分 bù fen part / portion / piece / Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4] syn 身 shēn body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 syn 作 zuò to do / to engage in / to write / to compose / to pretend / to feign / to regard as / to consider to be / to be / to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings / works syn 屁股 pì gu buttocks / bottom / butt / back part syn 光 guāng light / ray (CL:道[dao4]) / bright / shiny / only / merely / used up / finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered syn 属于 屬於 shǔ yú to be classified as / to belong to / to be part of syn 角色 jué sè role / part (in a play or movie etc) / also pr. [jiao3se4] 分手 fēn shǒu to part company / to split up / to break up syn 元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon syn 大部分 大部份 dà bù fen the greater part / the majority / most / Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4] syn 分开 分開 fēn kāi to separate / to part syn 内部 內部 nèi bù interior / inside (part, section) / internal syn 竞选 競選 jìng xuǎn to take part in an election / to run for office 环节 環節 huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc syn 