重要 (zhòngyào) means Important (significant). Below are 11 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
这是一件很 重要 的事。
Zhè shì yí jiàn hěn zhòngyào de shì.
This is a very important matter.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 重要
学习环境很 重要 。
Xuéxí huánjìng hěn zhòngyào.
A good study environment is important.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 环境
这个问题当然很 重要 。
Zhège wèntí dāngrán hěn zhòngyào.
This question is of course very important.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 当然
春节是中国最 重要 的节日。
Chūnjié shì Zhōngguó zuì zhòngyào de jiérì.
Spring Festival is China's most important holiday.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 节日
From the graded readers
不过对我来说，名次并不 重要 。
búguò duì wǒ láishuō, míngcì bìngbù zhòngyào.
But the placing wasn't what mattered to me.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
中秋节是中国最 重要 的节日之一。
zhōngqiūjié shì zhōngguó zuì zhòngyào de / dì jiérì zhīyī.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of China's most important holidays.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
她笑着说：“ 重要 的东西都带不走。”
tā xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó shuō:" zhòngyào de / dì dōngxī dōu dài bù zǒu."
She smiled and said, "The things that matter can't be packed."
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
公司有一个很 重要 的项目，我是负责人。
gōngsī yǒu yīgè hěn zhòngyào de / dì xiàngmù, wǒ shì fùzé rén.
The company had an important project and I was leading it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
我又着急又难过，因为里面有很多 重要 的照片。
wǒ yòu zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó jí yòu nán'guò, yīnwèi lǐmiàn yǒu hěnduō zhòngyào de / dì zhàopiàn.
I was anxious and upset, because there were a lot of important photos on it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
重要 的是我知道了：紧张不可怕，可怕的是因为紧张就不上台。
zhòngyào de / dì shì wǒ zhīdào le / liǎo / liào: jǐnzhāng bùkě pà, kěpà de / dì shì yīnwèi jǐnzhāng jiù bù shàngtái.
What mattered was learning that nerves aren't the problem — not going on stage because of them is.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
Questions about 重要
How is 重要 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 重要 (zhòngyào, "Important (significant)"), 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 重要 an HSK word?
Yes — 重要 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 重要?
The dictionary page for 重要 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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