Chinese Traditional: 首要
Chinese Simplified: 首要
Pinyin: shou3 yao4
Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄧㄠˋ
English Meaning: the most important

Example Sentences:

當時的首要任務是救人。
当时的首要任务是救人。
dang1 shi2 de5 shou3 yao4 ren4 wu4 shi4 jiu4 ren2.
The priority at the time was to save people.
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Related Words:

 

shǒu

1. head 2. chief 3. first, best, highest 4. (a measure word for poems, songs) 5. start, beginning 6. side, direction 7. to report someone to the authorities, to plead guilty

Here: chief, first

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yào

1. to want, would like to 2. have to, must 3. important, vital 4. to ask for, to request 5. will, be going to (future tense)

Here: important, vital

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