| 切要 |
qiè yào |
essential / extremely important |
| 切 |
qiē |
to cut; to slice; to carve / (math) tangential |
| 切 |
qiè |
definitely; absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters) |
| 要 |
yāo |
(bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| 要 |
yào |
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important |