HSK 6 · Adjectives

庄严 zhuāngyán “solemn” in Chinese

Traditional 莊嚴

What 庄严 means

  1. solemn
  2. dignified
  3. stately

How to say 庄严

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale庄zhuāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale严yán2nd tone, rising

庄严 in a sentence

  1. 毕业典礼庄严而隆重。

    Bìyè diǎnlǐ zhuāngyán ér lóngzhòng.

    The graduation ceremony was solemn and grand.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这座建筑看起来很庄严。

    Zhè zuò jiànzhù kànqǐlai hěn zhuāngyán.

    This building looks very stately.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 庄严 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 庄 (zhuāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
庄zhuāngfarmstead
  • 广shelter · guǎngMeaning part
  • 土earth · tǔ

广 hints at the meaning (shelter); 壯 () hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuāng.

The character 严 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
严yántight
  • 亚Asia · yà
  • 厂cliff · hǎn

How to write 庄严

庄 6 strokes · 严 7 strokes

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

Words related to 庄严

Words with 庄

庄重zhuāngzhòng · serious庄稼zhuāngjia · crops

Words with 严

严格yángé · strict严重yánzhòng · grave严肃yánsù · solemn严峻yánjùn · severe严厉yánlì · strict严密yánmì · tight严禁yánjìn · to strictly prohibit严寒yánhán · bitter cold尊严zūnyán · dignity

More words: Adjectives

周密zhōumì · thorough壮观zhuàngguān · spectacular壮丽zhuànglì · magnificent壮烈zhuàngliè · heroic庄重zhuāngzhòng · serious主导zhǔdǎo · dominant卓越zhuóyuè · outstanding自发zìfā · spontaneous

FAQs

庄严 (zhuāngyán) means “solemn” or “dignified”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuāngyán: zhuāng with a 1st tone, then yán with a 2nd 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, 庄严 is written 莊嚴. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuangyan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 庄严 from the suggestions. Typing zhuangyan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
庄严 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.