HSK 6 · Ideas

重心 zhòngxīn “centre of gravity” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 重心 means

  1. centre of gravity
  2. focus
  3. core
  4. emphasis
  5. priority
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (physics) centre of gravity
  • (geometry) centroid

How to say 重心

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale心xīn1st tone, high and level

重心 in a sentence

  1. 这个学期我的学习重心是口语。

    Zhè ge xuéqī wǒ de xuéxí zhòngxīn shì kǒuyǔ.

    This term, my study focus is speaking.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 站稳的时候，身体的重心要放低。

    Zhànwěn de shíhou, shēntǐ de zhòngxīn yào fàngdī.

    To stand firmly, keep your centre of gravity low.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 重心 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 心 (xīn) drawn as one shape
心xīnheart

心 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a heart. On the left of a character it is written 忄.

How to write 重心

重 9 strokes · 心 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 重心

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

Words with 心

担心dānxīn · to worry放心fàngxīn · relax关心guānxīn · concerned about/with小心xiǎoxīn · be careful心里xīnlǐ · in one’s heart心xīn · heart伤心shāngxīn · to grieve粗心cūxīn · careless耐心nàixīn · to be patient开心kāixīn · to feel happy

More words: Ideas & Concepts

真理zhēnlǐ · truth真相zhēnxiàng · the truth指标zhǐbiāo · indicator支柱zhīzhù · pillar周折zhōuzhé · twists and turns转折zhuǎnzhé · turning point主流zhǔliú · mainstream准则zhǔnzé · principle

FAQs

重心 (zhòngxīn) means “centre of gravity” or “focus”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhòngxīn: zhòng with a 4th tone, then xīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 重心 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhongxin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 重心 from the suggestions. Typing zhongxin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
重心 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.