扼要

Chinese

		hold (strategic position)	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
trad. (扼要)		扼	要
simp. #(扼要)		扼	要

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aak¹ jiu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iak-iàu / ek-iàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èyào
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-yao⁴
    • Yale: è-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehyaw
    • Palladius: эяо (ejao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aak¹ jiu³
    • Yale: āak yiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aak⁷ jiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ag¹ yiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːk̚⁵ jiːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iak-iàu
    • Tâi-lô: iak-iàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iak'iaux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚⁵⁻²⁴ iau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ek-iàu
    • Tâi-lô: ik-iàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ek'iaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ iau²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁵ iau²¹/

Adjective

扼要

1. brief and to the point; concise

Synonyms

• 概括 (gàikuò)
• 簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 簡明／简明 (jiǎnmíng)
• 簡潔／简洁 (jiǎnjié)
• 簡練／简练 (jiǎnliàn)
• 簡要／简要 (jiǎnyào)
• 精簡／精简 (jīngjiǎn)
• 精粹 (jīngcuì)
• 精練／精练 (jīngliàn)

 

Antonyms

• 詳盡／详尽 (xiángjìn)
• 詳明／详明 (xiángmíng)
• 詳細／详细 (xiángxì)
• 周詳／周详 (zhōuxiáng)