扼要

Chinese

		hold (strategic position)	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
simp. and trad. (扼要)		扼	要

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èyào

(Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aak¹ jiu³
Min Nan (POJ): iak-iàu / ek-iàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: èyào
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehyaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aak¹ jiu³
  - Yale: āak yiu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aak⁷ jiu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ag¹ yiu³
  - IPA ^(key): /ɑːk̚⁵ jiːu̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iak-iàu
  - Tâi-lô: iak-iàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iak'iaux
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚⁵⁻²⁴ iaʊ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ek-iàu
  - Tâi-lô: ik-iàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ek'iaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ iaʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁵ iaʊ²¹/

Adjective

扼要

brief and to the point; concise

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