关键
guān​jiàn HSK5

crucial

关键 (關鍵) guān​jiàn
crucial adjective
of extreme importance; pivotal or decisive

他在关键时刻做出了正确的决定。

tā zài guān​jiàn shí​kè zuò​chū le zhèng​què de jué​dìng.

He made the right decision at the critical moment.

crux noun
the most important part, key point, or decisive factor of a matter

问题的关键在于双方缺乏信任。

wèn​tí de guān​jiàn zài​yú shuāng​fāng quē​fá xìn​rèn.

The key to the problem lies in the lack of trust between both sides.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
67.0 per million appears in 26% of films
Written text
130.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 5

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Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)