簡要

See also: 简要

Chinese

		simple	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
trad. (簡要)		簡	要
simp. (简要)		简	要

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan² jiu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kán-iàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnyào
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-yao⁴
    • Yale: jyǎn-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanyaw
    • Palladius: цзяньяо (czjanʹjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaan² jiu³
    • Yale: gáan yiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan² jiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan² yiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³⁵ jiːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán-iàu
    • Tâi-lô: kán-iàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafn'iaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iau²¹/

Adjective

簡要

1. brief; concise; summary

   簡要論述／简要论述  ―  jiǎnyào lùnshù  ―  to briefly discuss

Synonyms

• 扼要 (èyào)
• 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)
• 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)