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

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
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Simplified Japanese form:

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
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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

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