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首要 shǒuyào

首要 shǒuyào Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 首要 shǒuyào .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shǒuyào | shou3 yao4
English translation
the most important
of chief importance

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Traditional form

首要 shǒuyào

Part of speech

Attributive / 区别词 Qūbié cí
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Etymology of 首要 shǒuyào

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shǒu

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a head (hair above an eye).

Positional decomposition

丷自

Number of Strokes

9
yāo

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of two hands grabbing a woman's waist. The current meaning "want" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning "waist" is now written as yāo .

Positional decomposition

覀女

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 首要 shǒuyào

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接替 jiē tì 工作 gōngzuò de 首要 shǒuyào 人选 rén xuǎn shì 玛格丽特 Mǎ gé lì tè ·拉姆齐

Prime candidate to take over his job is Margaret Ramsay.

他们 tā men 首要 shǒuyào 考虑 kǎolǜ de shì 防止 fángzhǐ 经济 jīngjì 发展 fāzhǎn 过快

Their prime consideration has been not to overheat the economy.

首要 shǒuyào Decomposition

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首要 shǒuyào Compounds

See all 17 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 首要 shǒuyào in their composition.

  • shǒu
  • yāo
    • yāo , yāo , jiào , yǎo , yāo , fiào , yǎo , , biáo , yǎo , ,
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