HSK 6 · Adjectives

郑重 zhèngzhòng “serious” in Chinese

Traditional 鄭重

What 郑重 means

  1. serious
  2. solemn
  3. earnest
  4. conscientious

How to say 郑重

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale郑zhèng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale重zhòng4th tone, falling

郑重 in a sentence

  1. 他郑重地向大家道了歉。

    Tā zhèngzhòng de xiàng dàjiā dào le qiàn.

    He made a formal apology to everyone.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我郑重地告诉你，这件事很重要。

    Wǒ zhèngzhòng de gàosu nǐ, zhè jiàn shì hěn zhòngyào.

    I’m telling you seriously: this matters.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 郑重 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 郑 (zhèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
郑zhèng
  • 关frontier pass · guān
  • 阝place
The character 重 (zhòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
重zhòngheavy
  • 千thousand · qiān
  • 里village · lǐ

How to write 郑重

郑 8 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.

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

Words related to 郑重

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

正当zhèngdàng · proper正规zhèngguī · formal正经zhèngjing · serious珍贵zhēnguì · precious正宗zhèngzōng · authentic镇静zhènjìng · calm珍稀zhēnxī · rare and precious真挚zhēnzhì · sincere

FAQs

郑重 (zhèngzhòng) means “serious” or “solemn”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhèngzhòng: zhèng with a 4th 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, 郑重 is written 鄭重. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhengzhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 郑重 from the suggestions. Typing zhengzhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
郑重 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.