HSK 4 · Adjectives

重 zhòng “heavy” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 重 means

  1. heavy
  2. important
  3. serious
  4. to attach importance to

Also read chóng: “again”

Read chóng, 重 means again, as in 重新 (chóngxīn) “again, anew” and 重复 (chóngfù) “to repeat”. Read zhòng, it means heavy or important, as in 重要 (zhòngyào).

See the page for 重 chóng

How to say 重

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

重 in a sentence

  1. 我的包非常重。

    Wǒ de bāo fēicháng zhòng.

    My bag is very heavy.

    Sentence #10617224 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你不比我重。

    Nǐ bù bǐ wǒ zhòng.

    You’re not heavier than me.

    Sentence #11509755 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 没有什么比健康更重要。

    Méiyǒu shénme bǐ jiànkāng gèng zhòngyào.

    Nothing is more important than your health.

    Sentence #13911079 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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 重 (zhòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
重zhòngheavy
  • 千thousand · qiān
  • 里village · lǐ

How to write 重

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.

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

Words related to 重

Words with 重

重要zhòngyào · important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保重bǎozhòng · to take care of oneself

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FAQs

重 (zhòng) means “heavy” or “important”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zhòng: zhòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 重 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 重 from the suggestions. Typing zhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
Yes. Read chóng, 重 means “again”. That reading has its own page. Read zhòng, it means “heavy”.
重 is an HSK 4 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.