重要性 (zhòng yào xìng) — importance; significance

Definition

noun

importancesignificance

重要性。
Zhè xiàng yán jiū de zhòng yào xìng bù róng hū shì.
The importance of this research cannot be ignored.
重要性。
Tā qiáng diào le tuán duì hé zuò zài xiàng mù zhōng de zhòng yào xìng.
He emphasized the significance of teamwork in the project.
，重要性。
Suí zhe jīng jì fā zhǎn, jiào yù de zhòng yào xìng yuè lái yuè míng xiǎn.
With economic development, the importance of education becomes increasingly evident.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

重要important

重zhòngimportant要yàoimportant

联合Coordinate

重要 describes something as important, and 性 names that quality.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

東

東dōng重zhòng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

重 developed from a picture of a man carrying a bag, with 人 for the man and 東 for the bag; a later ground element was folded into the form.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

要 began as a drawing of a person with both hands pointing to the waist.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

忄生性

Meaning part形符xíngfú

忄Written in full as心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

生

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

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