# 次要 (cìyào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 次要 (cìyào) means “secondary; of less importance”. It was previously included at level 5 of the HSK 2.0 exam.

- Meaning: secondary; of less importance
- Pinyin: cìyào (ci4 yao4)
- Not in HSK 3.0
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 价格是次要的，质量才最重要。
  Jiàgé shì cìyào de, zhìliàng cái zuì zhòngyào.
  Price is secondary; quality is the most important.

## Characters

- [次](https://hanziro.com/word/ci-times/) (cì): (measure word) for times
- [要](https://hanziro.com/word/yao-want/) (yào): to want; will

https://hanziro.com/word/ci-yao-secondary/

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