要緊 [－紧]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. important
  2. urgent
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    重要​而且​緊​急​嘅​事​項
    important; urgent
    • 健康要緊，你唔好成日捱夜啦。
      健康要紧，你唔好成日挨夜啦。
      Your health matters more. Don't pull all-nighters that often.
  2. 近義詞
    緊要
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    critical; serious
  2. adj
    important; pressing; urgent
    (syn.) 紧急, 險急, 緊迫, 急切, 急迫, 緊促, 緊逼逼, 緊要, 打紧, 危迫, 急急, 紧要, 险急, 促迫, 紧逼逼, 孔急, 倥傯, 打緊, 急, 紧张, 孔亟, 窘促, 切切, 加急, 迫切, 卒暴, 急促, 紧迫, 倥偬, 緊張, 急要, 紧促, 緊急, 遑急, 火急, 亟亟
    • 救人要緊
      救人要紧
      jiù rén yào jǐn
      saving lives is most important at this moment
  3. adv, dialectal
    in a hurry to; anxious to
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #4843
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我有要紧事。
    我有要緊事。
    wǒ yǒu yào jǐn shì 。
    • I have an urgent matter to attend to.
  2. Mandarin
    你怎么这么要紧哪！
    你怎麼這麼要緊哪！
    nǐ zěn me zhè me yào jǐn nǎ ！
    • Why are you in such a hurry?
    • Why are you in such a hurry!
    • Why are you so anxious!
  3. Mandarin
    这没什么要紧的。
    這沒什麼要緊的。
    zhè méi shén me yào jǐn de 。
    • It's nothing serious.
  4. Mandarin
    稍微冷点儿不要紧。
    稍微冷點兒不要緊。
    shāo wēi lěng diǎn er bù yào jǐn 。
    • I don't care if it's a bit cold.
  5. Mandarin
    脸色这么差不要紧吗？要不还是去一趟医院比较好吧？
    臉色這麼差不要緊嗎？要不還是去一趟醫院比較好吧？
    liǎn sè zhè me chà bù yào jǐn ma ？ yào bù hái shi qù yī tàng yī yuàn bǐ jiào hǎo ba ？
    • Your face looks pale. Are you OK? Maybe it would be better if you went to the hospital, don't you think?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    救人要紧
    救人要緊
    gau3 jan4 jiu3 gan2
    • saving people is of utmost importance
  2. Cantonese
    命仔要紧！
    命仔要緊！
    meng6 zai2 jiu3 gan2!
    • It's most important to stay alive!
  3. Cantonese
    旺季就到，大家要紧守岗位。
    旺季就到，大家要緊守崗位。
    • The peak season is coming. Everyone should strictly stay at your posts of duties.
  4. Cantonese
    要解决呢个长期存在嘅问题，我哋一定要紧密合作。
    要解決呢個長期存在嘅問題，我哋一定要緊密合作。
    jiu3 gaai2 kyut3 ni1 go3 coeng4 kei4 cyun4 zoi6 ge3 man6 tai4, ngo5 dei6 jat1 ding6 jiu3 gan2 mat6 hap6 zok3.
    • To solve this long-standing problem, we must work closely together.
  5. Cantonese
    健康要紧，你唔好成日挨夜啦。
    健康要緊，你唔好成日捱夜啦。
    • Your health matters more. Don't pull all-nighters that often.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    砍头不要紧，只要主义真。杀了夏明翰，还有后来人。
    砍頭不要緊，只要主義真。殺了夏明翰，還有後來人。
    kǎn tóu bù yào jǐn ， zhǐ yào zhǔ yì zhēn ． shā le xià míng hàn ， hái yǒu hòu lái rén ．
    • Beheading does not matter; so long as I stay true to my principle / ideology. Already killed Xia Minghan shall be; others will later come still.
  2. Mandarin
    我们一定要紧紧地跟上这个时代的步伐。
    我們一定要緊緊地跟上這個時代的步伐。
    wǒ men yī dìng yào jǐn jǐn de gēn shàng zhè ge shí dài de bù fá ．
    • We must keep up with the pace of this era.
  3. Mandarin
    救人要紧
    救人要緊
    jiù rén yào jǐn
    • saving lives is most important at this moment
  4. Mandarin
    讲错了不要紧。
    講錯了不要緊。
    jiǎng cuò le bù yào jǐn ．
    • Misspeaking isn't that big of a deal.