機要

Chinese

		machine; opportunity; secret	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
trad. (機要)		機	要
simp. (机要)		机	要

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ jiu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki-iàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiyào
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-yao⁴
    • Yale: jī-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiyaw
    • Palladius: цзияо (czijao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ jiu³
    • Yale: gēi yiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ jiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ yiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-iàu
    • Tâi-lô: ki-iàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'iaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² iau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ iau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² iau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ iau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ iau²¹/

Adjective

機要

1. (attributive) confidential; secret