沉重
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 6
沉重 (chénzhòng) · heavy
沉重 (chénzhòng) means “heavy; serious; hard to bear”. It is written with 2 characters: 沉 (to sink) + 重 (heavy). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 沉重 is built
The characters
沉 chén · to sink
What 沉 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 冗rǒng — excessive
- 冖mì — cover
- 几jǐ — small table
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乙yǐ — second
Origin hint: An excessive 冗 amount of water 氵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
重 zhòng · heavy
What 重 is made of
- 千qiān — thousand
- 里lǐ — inside
- 田tián — field
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A burden carried for a thousand 千 miles 里 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这个箱子太沉重了。Zhège xiāngzi tài chénzhòng le.This box is too heavy.
他的工作压力很沉重。Tā de gōngzuò yālì hěn chénzhòng.The pressure of his work is heavy.
Questions about 沉重
What does 沉重 mean?
沉重 (chénzhòng) means “heavy; serious; hard to bear”.
How do you pronounce 沉重?
沉重 is pronounced chénzhòng.
Which HSK level is 沉重?
沉重 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 沉默chénmòsilent
- 沉淀chéndiànto settle
- 沉闷chénmèndull
- 沉思chénsīto ponder
- 沉着chénzhuócalm
- 深沉shēnchéndeep
- 沉chénto sink
- 重要zhòngyàoimportant
- 重复chóngfùto repeat
- 重新chóngxīnagain
Learn 沉重 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 85: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.