重要
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 3
重要 (zhòngyào) · important
重要 (zhòngyào) means “important”. It is written with 2 characters: 重 (heavy) + 要 (to want). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 重要 is built
The characters
重 zhòng · heavy
What 重 is made of
- 千qiān — thousand
- 里lǐ — inside
- 田tián — field
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A burden carried for a thousand 千 miles 里 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
要 yào · to want
What 要 is made of
- 覀xī — west
- 女nǚ — woman
Origin hint: A woman 女 with hands on her waist 覀 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这个考试很重要。Zhège kǎoshì hěn zhòngyào.This exam is very important.
什么最重要？Shénme zuì zhòngyào?What is most important?
Questions about 重要
What does 重要 mean?
重要 (zhòngyào) means “important”.
How do you pronounce 重要?
重要 is pronounced zhòngyào.
Which HSK level is 重要?
重要 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 重复chóngfùto repeat
- 重新chóngxīnagain
- 重点zhòngdiǎnkey point
- 重视zhòngshìto value
- 重大zhòngdàmajor
- 沉重chénzhòngheavy
- 体重tǐzhòngbody weight
- 严重yánzhòngserious
- 重量zhòngliàngweight
- 尊重zūnzhòngto respect
Learn 重要 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 39: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.