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主要

zhǔ yào

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

主要 (zhǔ yào) means "main". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 主要 means

1. main; principal; major; primary

The characters in 主要

• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should

Example sentences

• 我早饭主要吃水果。
  I mostly have fruit for breakfast.
• 他主要是心理的问题。
  Tā zhǔyào shì xīnlǐ de wèntí.
  His trouble was chiefly mental.
• 我们游览了所有主要城市。
  Wǒmen yóulǎn le suǒyǒuzhǔ yào chéngshì.
  We toured all the major cities.
• 这片森林的树主要是柏树。
  Zhè piàn sēnlín de shù zhǔyào shì bǎishù.
  The main type of tree in this part of the forest is the cypress.
• 主要问题是什么时候开始。
  When to start is the main problem.
• 诚实是他成功的主要原因。
  Honesty is the primary reason for his success.

Where 主要 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Sequence, Similarity & Remaining Words (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhǔ yào correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.