主要

主要 zhǔyào in a sentence

Main (principal - major - primary)

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 14 sentences

主要 (zhǔyào) means Main (principal - major - primary). Below are 14 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他 主要 教三年级。

Tā zhǔyào jiāo sān niánjí.

He mainly teaches the third grade.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 主要

这是我们 主要 的问题。

Zhè shì wǒmen zhǔyào de wèntí.

This is our main problem.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 主要

北方 主要 种小麦。

Běifāng zhǔyào zhòng xiǎomài.

The north mainly grows wheat.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 小麦

请说出它的 主要 特征。

Qǐng shuō chū tā de zhǔyào tèzhēng.

Please state its main characteristics.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 特征

工厂 主要 做食品加工。

Gōngchǎng zhǔyào zuò shípǐn jiā gōng.

The factory mainly does food processing.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 加工

问题 主要 集中在这一点。

Wèntí zhǔyào jízhōng zài zhè yì diǎn.

The problems centre mainly on this point.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 集中

课堂是老师的 主要 阵地。

Kètáng shì lǎoshī de zhǔyào zhèndì.

The classroom is a teacher's main ground.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 阵地

工厂 主要 铸造机器零件。

Gōngchǎng zhǔyào zhùzào jīqì língjiàn.

The factory mainly casts machine parts.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 铸造

这些产品 主要 出口到欧洲。

Zhèxiē chǎnpǐn zhǔyào chūkǒu dào Ōuzhōu.

These products are mainly exported to Europe.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 出口

这是获取信息的 主要 途径。

Zhè shì huòqǔ xìnxī de zhǔyào tújìng.

This is the main channel for getting information.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 途径

家里的开支 主要 靠他一个人。

Jiā lǐ de kāizhī zhǔyào kào tā yí ge rén.

The household expenses rest mainly on him alone.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开支

旅游是当地 主要 的收入来源。

Lǚyóu shì dāngdì zhǔyào de shōurù láiyuán.

Tourism is the area's main source of income.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 来源

这本书介绍了世界 主要 宗教。

Zhè běn shū jièshào le shìjiè zhǔyào zōngjiào.

This book introduces the world's major religions.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宗教

这本书介绍了几种 主要 的思想主义。

Zhè běn shū jièshào le jǐ zhǒng zhǔyào de sīxiǎng zhǔyì.

This book introduces several major schools of thought.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 主义

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How is 主要 used in a sentence?

This page shows 14 sentences using 主要 (zhǔyào, "Main (principal - major - primary)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 主要 an HSK word?

Yes — 主要 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

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The dictionary page for 主要 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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