HSK 6 · Verbs

着重 zhuózhòng “to emphasise” in Chinese

Traditional 著重

What 着重 means

  1. to emphasise
  2. to stress
  3. to put emphasis on

How to say 着重

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale着zhuó2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale重zhòng4th tone, falling

着重 in a sentence

  1. 老师着重讲了这几个语法点。

    Lǎoshī zhuózhòng jiǎng le zhè jǐ ge yǔfǎ diǎn.

    The teacher focused on these grammar points.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这次会议着重讨论了安全问题。

    Zhè cì huìyì zhuózhòng tǎolùn le ānquán wèntí.

    This meeting focused on safety issues.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 着重 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 着 (zhe) with each of its parts in a different colour
着zhuóto wear
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 目eye · mù
The character 重 (zhòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
重zhòngheavy
  • 千thousand · qiān
  • 里village · lǐ

How to write 着重

着 11 strokes · 重 9 strokes

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着重 (zhuózhòng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 着重 (zhuózhòng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 着重

Words with 着

着zhe · particle for an ongoing action or state (-ing)着急zháojí · to worry接着jiēzhe · next随着suízhe · along with着凉zháoliáng · to catch a cold着火zháohuǒ · to catch fire着想zhuóxiǎng · to consider (the needs of)着手zhuóshǒu · to set about沉着chénzhuó · calm and collected执着zhízhuó · persistent

Words with 重

重要zhòngyào · important重zhòng · heavy重视zhòngshì · to take seriously尊重zūnzhòng · to esteem严重yánzhòng · grave重点zhòngdiǎn · key point重新chóngxīn · again重复chóngfù · to repeat重大zhòngdà · major重量zhòngliàng · weight

More words: Thinking & Talking

指责zhǐzé · to criticise转达zhuǎndá · to pass on嘱咐zhǔfù · to instruct着想zhuóxiǎng · to consider (the needs of)注重zhùzhòng · to emphasise走漏zǒulòu · to leak (information)琢磨zuómo · to ponder做主zuòzhǔ · to make the decision

FAQs

着重 (zhuózhòng) means “to emphasise” or “to stress”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuózhòng: zhuó with a 2nd tone, then zhòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 着重 is written 著重. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuozhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 着重 from the suggestions. Typing zhuozhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
着重 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.