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首要

shǒu yào

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

首要 (shǒu yào) means "the most important". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 首要 means

1. the most important
2. of chief importance

The characters in 首要

• 首shǒuhead; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)
• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should

Where 首要 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shí–shū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shǒu yào correctly.
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