HSK 5 · Ideas

重量 zhòngliàng “weight” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 重量 means

  1. weight

How to say 重量

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale重zhòng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale量liàng4th tone, falling

重量 in a sentence

  1. 请你称一下这个的重量好吗？

    Qǐng nǐ chēng yíxià zhè ge de zhòngliàng hǎo ma?

    Could you weigh this for me, please?

    Sentence #833237 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 这冰太薄不能承受你的重量。

    Zhè bīng tài báo bù néng chéngshòu nǐ de zhòngliàng.

    The ice is too thin to bear your weight.

    Sentence #13104195 from Tatoeba

  3. 那房子在积雪的重量下坍塌了。

    Nà fángzi zài jīxuě de zhòngliàng xià tāntā le.

    The house collapsed under the weight of the snow.

    Sentence #10514093 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 重量 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
The character 量 (liáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
量liàngcapacity
  • 旦dawn · dànSound part
  • 里village · lǐMeaning part

里 hints at the meaning (village); 旦 (dàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with liàng.

How to write 重量

重 9 strokes · 量 12 strokes

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

Words related to 重量

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保重bǎozhòng · to take care of oneself

Words with 量

商量shāngliang · to consult数量shùliàng · amount质量zhìliàng · quality力量lìliang · power尽量jǐnliàng · as much as possible较量jiàoliàng · contest打量dǎliang · to size up测量cèliáng · to measure能量néngliàng · energy分量fènliàng · weight

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FAQs

重量 (zhòngliàng) means “weight”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhòngliàng: zhòng with a 4th tone, then liàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 重量 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhongliang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 重量 from the suggestions. Typing zhongliang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
重量 is an HSK 5 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.