Chinese Word Entry
當務之急Simplified Chinese form: 当务之急
Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄉㄤ ㄨˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧˊ |
Mandarin (Pinyin): | dāng wù zhī jí |
Cantonese (Jyutping): | dong1 mou6 zi1 gap1 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
當 | bear, accept, undertake, just |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄉㄤ (dāng), ㄉㄤˋ (dàng), ㄉㄤ˙ (dang) |
Cantonese: | dong1 |
Japanese: | トウ (tou) / あ.たる (ataru)、 あ.てる (ateru)、 まさ.に (masani) |
Korean: | 당 (dang) |
Vietnamese: | đương, đáng |
Variants
Simplified Chinese form: | 当 |
Simplified Japanese form: | 当 |
務 | task, duties, affairs, business, must, should |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄨˋ (wù), ㄨˇ (wǔ), ㄨˊ (wú), ㄇㄠˊ (máo), ㄇㄠˋ (mào) |
Cantonese: | mou6 |
Japanese: | ム (mu) / つと.める (tsutomeru)、 つとめ (tsutome) |
Korean: | 무 (mu) |
Vietnamese: | vụ |
Variants
Simplified Chinese form: | 务 |
之 | of, this, marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase, it, him her, them, go to |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄓ (zhī), ㄓㄨ (zhū), ㄓˋ (zhì) |
Cantonese: | zi1 |
Japanese: | シ (shi) / の (no)、 これ (kore)、 ゆく (yuku)、 この (kono) |
Korean: | 지 (ji) |
Vietnamese: | chi |
急 | hurry, emergency, sudden, steep, quick, quickly, urgent, pressing |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄐㄧˊ (jí) |
Cantonese: | gap1 |
Japanese: | キュウ (kyuu) / いそ.ぐ (isogu)、 いそ.ぎ (isogi)、 せ.く (seku) |
Korean: | 급 (geub) |
Vietnamese: | cấp |