주요

Korean

Sino-Korean word from 主要, from 主 (“chief”) + 要 (“importance”)

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	juyo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	juyo
McCune–Reischauer^?	chuyo
Yale Romanization^?	cwu.yo

주요 • (juyo) (hanja 主要)

Generally used adnominally to mean "important" or "key", in phrases such as 주요 원인, "important cause."