重 zhòng, chóng — heavy; weighty; weighty; hefty; massive; ponderous; onerous; hefty; weighty
重
Level 1 · Common HSK 3 #1552
zhòng zhong4
Basic definition
adjective
- heavy; weighty; weighty; hefty; massive; ponderous; onerous; hefty; weighty e.g 沉重重量举重
- important; major; serious; significant; grave; critical; weighty; vital; momentous e.g 重要重大重任
- deep; severe; profound; serious; intense; acute; grievous; drastic; strong e.g 重病重创
- serious; solemn; discreet; prudent; respectful; earnest; grave; weighty; staid e.g 慎重庄重尊重郑重
Detailed explanation
adjective
- (会意兼形声。金文字形,从東,从𡈼( tǐng),東亦声。𡈼,挺立。東,囊袋。人站着背囊袋,很重。《说文》:“重,厚也。” 徐锴:“𡈼者,人在土上,故为厚也。”本义:分量大,与“轻”相对)
- heavy e.g 沉重笨重过重重孝 重器 · 重绢 · 军令重于山 · 重负荷 · 重囚
- (of sound)intensive e.g 重读重音
- great;big e.g 重赀 · 重科 · 重寄 · 重才 · 重治 · 重柄 · 重星 · 重德
- grave;serious;careful e.g 重人 · 重迟 · 重固 · 重誓 · 重毅 · 重诺 · 重始 · 重详 · 重慎 · 重举
- important e.g 重列 · 重位 · 重路 · 重质 · 重职
- precious;valuable;respect e.g 重客 · 重敬 · 重礼 · 重直 · 重货 · 重钜
- thick;strong e.g 重色 · 重冰 · 重意 · 重碧
- serious;solemn e.g 重法 · 重辟
- seriows;grave
- slow e.g 重气 · 重滞 · 重迟 · 重涩
noun
verb
adverb
- very
- especially
chóng chong2
Basic definition
adverb
Detailed explanation
adjective
measure word
- layers e.g 兵围数重 · 一重束缚 · 重屋
- piece e.g 这一重公案
verb
- be pregnant e.g 重身 · 重马
Related words
- 重要 important; major; key
- 严重 serious; grave
- 重新 again; anew; once more; afresh; over again; freshly; from scratch
- 重大 major; important; grave
- 重视 to attach importance to; to value
- 重点 to recount (e.g. results of election); emphasis/focal point
- 尊重 to respect; to value
- 重庆 Chongqing city, formerly in Sichuan province, a municipality since 1997, abbr. 渝
- 注重 pay attention to/emphasize
- 沉重 heavy; weighty; serious
- 重复 to repeat; repetition; duplicate; reiteration; redundancy; recurrence; duplicati
- 比重 proportion; specific gravity; weight
- 重建 to rebuild; to reconstruct
- 重组 to reorganize/to recombine/recombination
- 隆重 grand; solemn; ceremonious; imposing; magnificent; formal; dignified; state; imp
- 重申 to reiterate
- 着重 put emphasis on/to stress/to emphasize
- 加重 make more serious
- 重重 layer upon layer/one after another
- 重任 an important responsibility; a heavy task