주요

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 主要, from 主 (“chief”) + 要 (“importance”)

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?juyo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?juyo
McCune–Reischauer?chuyo
Yale Romanization?cwu.yo

Noun

주요 • (juyo) (hanja 主要)

  1. importance, primacy

Usage notes

Generally used adnominally to mean "important" or "key", in phrases such as 원인, "important cause."

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