HSK 6 · Adjectives

庄重 zhuāngzhòng “serious” in Chinese

Traditional 莊重

What 庄重 means

  1. serious
  2. dignified
  3. solemn
  4. grave

How to say 庄重

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

庄重 in a sentence

  1. 参加面试要穿得庄重一点儿。

    Cānjiā miànshì yào chuān de zhuāngzhòng yìdiǎnr.

    Dress a bit formally for an interview.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她的态度很庄重。

    Tā de tàidu hěn zhuāngzhòng.

    She has a dignified manner.

    Sentence by WillyChina

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

How to write 庄重

庄 6 strokes · 重 9 strokes

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

Words related to 庄重

Words with 庄

庄严zhuāngyán · solemn庄稼zhuāngjia · crops

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

壮观zhuàngguān · spectacular壮丽zhuànglì · magnificent壮烈zhuàngliè · heroic庄严zhuāngyán · solemn主导zhǔdǎo · dominant卓越zhuóyuè · outstanding自发zìfā · spontaneous滋润zīrùn · moist

FAQs

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