HSK 6 · Adjectives

沉重 chénzhòng “heavy” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 沉重 means

  1. heavy
  2. serious
  3. hard
  4. critical

How to say 沉重

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale沉chén2nd 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

沉重 in a sentence

  1. 她的脚步沉重地落在木地板上。

    Tā de jiǎobù chénzhòng de luò zài mù dìbǎn shang.

    Her footsteps fell heavily on the wooden floor.

    Sentence #8791841 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们未曾说出口的话，份量沉重。

    Wǒmen wèicéng shuō chūkǒu de huà, fènliàng chénzhòng.

    The words we never said weigh heavily.

    Sentence #13916178 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 沉重 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 沉 (chén) with each of its parts in a different colour
沉chénto submerge
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 冗excessive · rǒng
The character 重 (zhòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
重zhòngheavy
  • 千thousand · qiān
  • 里village · lǐ

How to write 沉重

沉 7 strokes · 重 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 沉重

Words with 沉

沉默chénmò · silent沉思chénsī · to ponder沉闷chénmèn · oppressive沉着chénzhuó · calm and collected深沉shēnchén · deep沉淀chéndiàn · to settle

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: Adjectives

畅通chàngtōng · unimpeded诚挚chéngzhì · sincere陈旧chénjiù · outdated沉闷chénmèn · oppressive沉着chénzhuó · calm and collected迟钝chídùn · slow-witted迟缓chíhuǎn · slow持久chíjiǔ · lasting

FAQs

沉重 (chénzhòng) means “heavy” or “serious”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chénzhòng: chén 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.
Yes. 沉重 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chenzhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 沉重 from the suggestions. Typing chenzhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
沉重 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.