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主要zhǔyàomain

Theme
Adjectives
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
14
Characters
2

How 主要 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

主 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
要 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

主要问题是时间不够。

Zhǔyào wèntí shì shíjiān bù gòu.

The main problem is that there isn't enough time.

  • 主要zhǔyàomain
  • 问题wèntíquestion; problem
  • 是shìto be
  • 时间shíjiāntime
  • 不bùno
  • 够gòuenough

他是主要的老师。

Tā shì zhǔyào de lǎoshī.

He is the main teacher.

  • 他tāhe
  • 是shìto be
  • 主要zhǔyàomain
  • 的depossessive particle
  • 老师lǎoshīteacher

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 需要xūyàoto need
  • 要求yāoqiúto require; requirement
  • 重要zhòngyàoimportant