关键性

關鍵性

guānjiànxìng

adjective #31,117

Meanings

1 crucial
2 key
3 decisive (often used attributively)

Characters

to close; pass; barrier

key (of a lock or instrument)

nature; -ness suffix

Examples

这是一个关键性的决定。

Zhè shì yī gè guānjiànxìng de juédìng.

This is a crucial decision.

他在比赛中起到了关键性作用。

Tā zài bǐsài zhōng qǐdào le guānjiànxìng zuòyòng.

He played a decisive role in the match.

Tips

grammar

Suffix 性 turns nouns/adjectives into the abstract "-ness/-quality": 关键 (key) → 关键性 (key-ness, i.e. the quality of being crucial). Compare 重要性 (importance), 必要性 (necessity), 可能性 (possibility). Most commonly used attributively: 关键性的X ("a crucial X").

Stroke Order

关 guān

键 jiàn

性 xìng