중요하다

Korean

Etymology

중요(重要) (jung'yo) +‎ -하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕu(ː)ŋjoɦa̠da̠]
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  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jung'yohada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jung'yohada
McCune–Reischauer?chungyohada
Yale Romanization?cwūngyohata

Adjective

중요하다 • (jung'yohada) (infinitive 중요해 or 중요하여, sequential 중요하니, hanja 重要하다)

  1. to be important
    계약 자유 중요한 원칙으로 남아있고, 그래서 몇몇 예외 으나 법원 당사자 어떠한 조건으로 계약 든지 관여하지 아니한다.
    Gyeyag-ui jayu-neun jung'yo-han wonchig-euro namaitgo, geuraeseo myeonmyeot ye'oe-neun iss-euna beobwon-eun dangsaja-deur-i eotteohan jogeon-euro gyeyag-eul ha-deunji gwanyeo-haji anihanda.
    Freedom of contract remains an important principle and so, with some exceptions, the courts will leave the parties free to agree whatever terms they want.

Conjugation