扼要

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èyào

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èyào
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èyào
  - Wade–Giles: o⁴-yao⁴
  - Yale: è-yàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehyaw
  - Palladius: эяо (ejao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aak¹ jiu³
  - Yale: āak yiu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aak⁷ jiu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ag¹ yiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːk̚⁵ jiːu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iak-iàu
  - Tâi-lô: iak-iàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iak'iaux
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚⁵⁻²⁴ iau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ek-iàu
  - Tâi-lô: ik-iàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ek'iaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ iau²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁵ iau²¹/

Adjective

扼要

brief and to the point; concise

Synonyms

概括 (gàikuò)
簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
簡明／简明 (jiǎnmíng)
簡潔／简洁 (jiǎnjié)
簡練／简练 (jiǎnliàn)
簡要／简要 (jiǎnyào)
精簡／精简 (jīngjiǎn)
精粹 (jīngcuì)
精練／精练 (jīngliàn)

Antonyms

詳盡／详尽 (xiángjìn)
詳明／详明 (xiángmíng)
詳細／详细 (xiángxì)
周詳／周详 (zhōuxiáng)

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