HSK 6 · Adjectives

隆重 lóngzhòng “grand” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 隆重 means

  1. grand
  2. ceremonious
  3. solemn
  4. prosperous

How to say 隆重

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale隆lóng2nd 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

隆重 in a sentence

  1. 新的社区中心在昨天隆重落成。

    Xīn de shèqū zhōngxīn zài zuótiān lóngzhòng luòchéng.

    The new community centre was officially opened yesterday with great ceremony.

    Sentence #13893631 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 隆重 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 隆 (lóng) with each of its parts in a different colour
隆lónggrand
  • 阝place
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 一one · yī
  • 生life · shēng
The character 重 (zhòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
重zhòngheavy
  • 千thousand · qiān
  • 里village · lǐ

How to write 隆重

隆 11 strokes · 重 9 strokes

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

Words related to 隆重

Words with 隆

兴隆xīnglóng · prosperous

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

零星língxīng · scattered吝啬lìnsè · stingy立体lìtǐ · three-dimensional理直气壮lǐzhíqìzhuàng · bold and confident (being in the right)啰唆luōsuo · long-winded络绎不绝luòyìbùjué · in an endless stream忙碌mánglù · busy茫茫mángmáng · vast

FAQs

隆重 (lóngzhòng) means “grand” or “ceremonious”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lóngzhòng: lóng 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. 隆重 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type longzhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 隆重 from the suggestions. Typing longzhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
隆重 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.