要緊

See also: 要紧

Chinese

	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	tight; nervous; strict
trad. (要緊)	要	緊
simp. (要紧)	要	紧
anagram	緊要／紧要

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yàojǐn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ёҗин (i͡ožin, III-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ gan²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yeu-kín
Northern Min (KCR): ia̿u-gěng
Eastern Min (BUC): iéu-gīng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iàu-kín

(Teochew, Peng'im): iou³ ging²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹iau-cin; ⁵iau-cin
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): iau⁴ jin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàojǐn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàojǐn
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-chin³
  - Yale: yàu-jǐn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawjiin
  - Palladius: яоцзинь (jaoczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ёҗин (i͡ožin, III-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɔː⁴⁴ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ gan²
  - Yale: yiu gán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ gan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ gen²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ kɐn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yeu-kín
  - Hakka Romanization System: ieu gin^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yeu⁴ gin³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯⁵⁵ kin³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yeu-kín
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu gin^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yeu⁴ gin³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯⁵⁵ kin³¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ia̿u-gěng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau³³ keiŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: iéu-gīng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(k-)iŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-kín
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-kín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iao'kien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kin⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iau¹¹⁻⁵³ kin⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²¹⁻⁴¹ kin⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iou³ ging²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iòu kíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iou²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kiŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹iau-cin; ⁵iau-cin
  - MiniDict: iau^平 cin; iau^去 cin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹iau-jin; ²iau-jin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹/, /iɔ³³ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: iau⁴ jin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕin⁴¹/

Adjective

要緊

important; pressing; urgent
救人要緊／救人要紧 ― jiùrén yàojǐn ― saving lives is most important at this moment
critical; serious

Synonyms

(pressing):

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亟亟 (jíjí) (literary)
促迫 (cùpò)
倥傯／倥偬 (kǒngzǒng) (literary)
切切 (qièqiè) (literary)
加急 (jiājí) (attributive, of a telegram, test, etc.)
卒暴 (cùbào) (literary)
危迫 (wēipò) (literary)
吃緊／吃紧 (chījǐn)
孔亟 (kǒngjí)
孔急 (kǒngjí)
急 (jí)
急促 (jícù)
急切 (jíqiè)
急急 (jíjí) (literary)
急要 (jíyào) (literary)
急迫 (jípò)
打緊／打紧 (dǎjǐn)
火急 (huǒjí)
窘促 (jiǒngcù)
緊促／紧促 (jǐncù)
緊張／紧张 (jǐnzhāng)
緊急／紧急 (jǐnjí)
緊要／紧要 (jǐnyào)
緊迫／紧迫 (jǐnpò)
緊逼逼／紧逼逼 (Hokkien)
迫切 (pòqiè)
遑急 (huángjí) (literary)
險急／险急 (xiǎnjí)

(critical):

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不得了 (bùdéliǎo)
了不得 (colloquial)
勿得了 (Wu)
嚴峻／严峻 (yánjùn)
嚴重／严重 (yánzhòng)
慘／惨 (cǎn) (of losses, defeats, etc.)
慘重／惨重 (cǎnzhòng)
深重 (shēnzhòng)
礙事／碍事 (àishì) (often in the negative)
腬身 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
重大

Derived terms

不要緊／不要紧 (bùyàojǐn)
無要緊／无要紧 (mò-yeu-kín)
袂要緊／袂要紧

Adverb

要緊

(dialectal) in a hurry to; anxious to

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (要緊):

→ Japanese: 要(よう)緊(きん) (yōkin)
→ Korean: 요긴(要緊) (yogin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
要	緊
よう Grade: 4	きん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よーきん [yòókíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jo̞ːkʲĩɴ]

Adjective

要(よう)緊(きん) • (yōkin) ^{←えうきん (eukin)^?}-na (adnominal 要(よう)緊(きん)な (yōkin na), adverbial 要(よう)緊(きん)に (yōkin ni))

(literary) important; pressing; urgent
Synonym: 緊要 (kin'yō)

Inflection

Inflection of 要緊

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	要緊だろ	ようきんだろ	yōkin daro
Continuative (連用形)	要緊で	ようきんで	yōkin de
Terminal (終止形)	要緊だ	ようきんだ	yōkin da
Attributive (連体形)	要緊な	ようきんな	yōkin na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	要緊なら	ようきんなら	yōkin nara
Imperative (命令形)	要緊であれ	ようきんであれ	yōkin de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	要緊ではない要緊じゃない	ようきんではないようきんじゃない	yōkin de wa nai yōkin ja nai
Informal past	要緊だった	ようきんだった	yōkin datta
Informal negative past	要緊ではなかった要緊じゃなかった	ようきんではなかったようきんじゃなかった	yōkin de wa nakatta yōkin ja nakatta
Formal	要緊です	ようきんです	yōkin desu
Formal negative	要緊ではありません要緊じゃありません	ようきんではありませんようきんじゃありません	yōkin de wa arimasen yōkin ja arimasen
Formal past	要緊でした	ようきんでした	yōkin deshita
Formal negative past	要緊ではありませんでした要緊じゃありませんでした	ようきんではありませんでしたようきんじゃありませんでした	yōkin de wa arimasen deshita yōkin ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	要緊で	ようきんで	yōkin de
Conditional	要緊なら（ば）	ようきんなら（ば）	yōkin nara (ba)
Provisional	要緊だったら	ようきんだったら	yōkin dattara
Volitional	要緊だろう	ようきんだろう	yōkin darō
Adverbial	要緊に	ようきんに	yōkin ni
Degree	要緊さ	ようきんさ	yōkinsa

Classical conjugation of "要緊なり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	要緊なら	ようきんなら	youkinnara
Continuative (連用形)	要緊に^[1] 要緊なり^[2]	ようきんにようきんなり	youkinni youkinnari
Terminal (終止形)	要緊なり	ようきんなり	youkinnari
Attributive (連体形)	要緊なる	ようきんなる	youkinnaru
Realis (已然形)	要緊なれ	ようきんなれ	youkinnare
Imperative (命令形)	要緊なれ	ようきんなれ	youkinnare
Key constructions
Negative	要緊ならず	ようきんならず	youkinnarazu
Contrasting conjunction	要緊なれど	ようきんなれど	youkinnaredo
Causal conjunction	要緊なれば	ようきんなれば	youkinnareba
Conditional conjunction	要緊ならば	ようきんならば	youkinnaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	要緊なりき	ようきんなりき	youkinnariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	要緊なりけり	ようきんなりけり	youkinnarikeri
Adverbial	要緊に	ようきんに	youkinni
^[1]Without auxiliary verb. ^[2]With auxiliary verb.

Noun

要(よう)緊(きん) • (yōkin) ^{←えうきん (eukin)^?}

(literary) importance; press; urgency
Synonym: 緊要 (kin'yō)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
要	緊

Noun

要緊 • (yogin) (hangeul 요긴)

hanja form^? of 요긴

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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