撮要

Chinese

		bring together; little bit; shovel bring together; little bit; shovel; gather up; pick	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
trad. (撮要)		撮	要
simp. #(撮要)		撮	要

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuōyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyut³ jiu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuōyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuoyào
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo¹-yao⁴
    • Yale: tswō-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoyaw
    • Palladius: цояо (cojao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyut³ jiu³
    • Yale: chyut yiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyt⁸ jiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qud³ yiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːt̚³ jiːu̯³³/

Noun

撮要

1. (dated) abstract; synopsis; extracts; highlights

Synonyms

• 事由 (shìyóu) (of an official document)
• 匯總／汇总 (huìzǒng)
• 大綱／大纲 (dàgāng)
• 大要 (dàyào)
• 小結／小结 (xiǎojié)
• 提綱／提纲 (tígāng)
• 提要 (tíyào)
• 摘要 (zhāiyào)
• 擇要／择要 (zéyào)
• 梗概 (gěnggài)
• 概括 (gàikuò)
• 概況／概况 (gàikuàng)
• 概略 (gàilüè)
• 概要 (gàiyào)
• 概說／概说 (gàishuō) (often used in book and chapter titles)
• 概貌 (gàimào)
• 概述 (gàishù)
• 綱要／纲要 (gāngyào)
• 綱領／纲领 (gānglǐng)
• 總結／总结 (zǒngjié)
• 總綱／总纲 (zǒnggāng)
• 要略 (yàolüè) (often used in book and chapter titles)
• 輪廓／轮廓 (lúnkuò)
• 鳥瞰／鸟瞰 (niǎokàn)

 

Verb

撮要

1. (literary) to make an abstract; to outline essential points