HSK 6 · Verbs

重叠 chóngdié “to overlap” in Chinese

Traditional 重疊

What 重叠 means

  1. to overlap
  2. to duplicate
  3. to superimpose
  4. to telescope
  5. to run together
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • one over another

How to say 重叠

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale重chóng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale叠dié2nd tone, rising

重叠 in a sentence

  1. 他们俩的影子重叠在一起。

    Tāmen liǎ de yǐngzi chóngdié zài yìqǐ.

    Their two shadows overlap.

    Sentence #458041 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 重叠 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 重 (zhòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
重chóngto repeat
  • 千thousand · qiān
  • 里village · lǐ
The character 叠 (dié) with each of its parts in a different colour
叠diéto pile up
  • 叒obedient · ruò
  • 冝suitable

How to write 重叠

重 9 strokes · 叠 13 strokes

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

Words related to 重叠

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: Common Verbs

撤退chètuì · to retreat撤销chèxiāo · to cancel吃苦chīkǔ · to endure hardship充当chōngdāng · to serve as储存chǔcún · to store出卖chūmài · to betray处置chǔzhì · to deal with刺cì · thorn

FAQs

重叠 (chóngdié) means “to overlap” or “to duplicate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chóngdié: chóng with a 2nd tone, then dié with a 2nd 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, 重叠 is written 重疊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chongdie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 重叠 from the suggestions. Typing chongdie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
重叠 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.