次要

Chinese

		number of times; order; sequence number of times; order; sequence; next; second(ary); (measure word)	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
trad. (次要)		次	要
simp. #(次要)		次	要

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ jiu³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhìr-iàu / chhù-iàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìyào → cìyao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄧㄠˋ → ㄘˋ ˙ㄧㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhyåo
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-yao⁵
    • Yale: tsz̀-yau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh.yaw
    • Palladius: цыяо (cyjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ jɑʊ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³ jiu³
    • Yale: chi yiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ jiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ yiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ jiːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìr-iàu
    • Tâi-lô: tshìr-iàu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-iàu
    • Tâi-lô: tshù-iàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuo'iaux
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ iau²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ iau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ iau¹¹/

Adjective

次要

1. secondary; of lesser importance

   次要因素  ―  cìyào yīnsù  ―  secondary factor

Antonyms

• 主要 (zhǔyào)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
次	要

Adjective

次要

1. chữ Hán form of thứ yếu (“secondary”).