HSK 3 vocabulary › 主要
主要
主要 in English: main; principal
zhǔ yào
main; principal
How to pronounce 主要
zhǔ yào (without tone marks: zhu yao). zhǔ is a third (low, dipping) tone; yào is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 主要
主 zhǔ
owner; master; host
owner; master; host
要 yào
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
Related words
| 要 | yào | to want; to need | HSK 2 |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want | HSK 3 |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request; to require | HSK 3 |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant | HSK 3 |
| 主意 | zhǔ yi | plan; idea | HSK 4 |
| 要是 | yào shi | if | HSK 4 |
| 只要 | zhǐ yào | if only; so long as | HSK 4 |
| 公主 | gōng zhǔ | princess | HSK 5 |
| 主持 | zhǔ chí | to take charge of; to manage or direct | HSK 5 |
| 主动 | zhǔ dòng | to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord | HSK 5 |