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崇

chóng

HSK 6 Character

What 崇 means

1. high
2. sublime
3. lofty
4. to esteem
5. to worship

Other readings

崇 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Chóngsurname Chong

Example sentences

• 安妮有许多崇拜者。
  ānnī yǒu xǔduō chóngbàizhě.
  Anne has many admirers.
• 学生们崇拜新的英语老师。
  Xuésheng men chóngbài xīn de Yīngyǔ lǎoshī.
  The students adore the new English teacher.
• 无知是恐惧之母，也是崇拜之母。
  Wúzhī shì kǒngjù zhī mǔ, yě shì chóngbài zhī mǔ.
  Ignorance is the mother of fear as well as of admiration.
• 从根本上说，十二生肖的形成，与动物崇拜有关。
  On a fundamental level, the 12 forms of the Chinese zodiac are related to animal worship.
• 松科树木的木材因其优良的品质，在建筑和家具制造领域备受推崇。
  The wood of trees in the pine family is much prized for construction and furniture making.
• 毫无疑问，人们最初崇拜的都是那些最常见、与人们生活关系最紧密的动物，例如马、牛、羊、鸡、犬等等。
  Háowúyíwèn, rénmen zuì chū chóngbài de dōu shì nàxiē zuì chángjiàn, yǔ rénmen shēnghuó guānxi zuì jǐnmì de dòngwù, lìrú mǎ, niú, yáng, jī, quǎn děngděng.
  Without doubt, what people worship first is what they see most often; for example, the animals that had the closest connection to people's lives, like the horse, the cow, the sheep, the rooster, the dog and so on.

Words starting with 崇

• 崇拜chóng bàito worship; adoration
• 崇高chóng gāomajestic; sublime
• 崇敬chóng jìngto revere; to venerate; high esteem
• 崇尚chóng shàngto hold up (as an model); to hold in esteem; to revere
• 崇祯Chóng zhēnChongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644)
• 崇拜者chóng bài zhěworshipper
• 崇文门Chóng wén ménChongwenmen gate in Beijing
• 崇山峻岭chóng shān jùn lǐngtowering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom)
• 崇洋媚外chóng yáng mèi wàito revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom)…
• 崇奉chóng fèngto believe in (a deity or other supernatural being); to worship
• 崇洋chóng yángto idolize foreign things
• 崇仁县Chóng rén XiànChongren, a county in Fuzhou City 抚州市
• 崇信县Chóng xìn XiànChongxin, a county in Pingliang City 平凉市
• 崇川区Chóng chuān QūChongchuan, a district of Nantong City 南通市
• 崇州市Chóng zhōu ShìChongzhou, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市
• 崇左市Chóng zuǒ ShìChongzuo, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 广西壮族自治区
• 崇明岛Chóng míng DǎoChongming Island, at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai
• 崇礼区Chóng lǐ QūChongli, a district of Zhangjiakou City 张家口市
• 崇义县Chóng yì XiànChongyi, a county in Ganzhou City 赣州市
• 崇阳县Chóng yáng XiànChongyang, a county in Xianning City 咸宁市
• 崇阳Chóng yángsee 崇阳县
• 崇仁Chóng rénsee 崇仁县
• 崇信Chóng xìnsee 崇信县
• 崇川Chóng chuānsee 崇川区

Words containing 崇

• 推崇tuī chóngto esteem; to think highly of; to accord importance to
• 尊崇zūn chóngto revere; to admire; to honor
• 个人崇拜gè rén chóng bàipersonality cult
• 阮崇武Ruǎn Chóng wǔRuan Chongwu (1933-), third governor of Hainan
• 白崇禧Bái Chóng xǐBai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general…
• 戒奢崇俭jiè shē chóng jiǎn(idiom) to refrain from extravagance and cherish frugality

Characters built on 宗

These share the phonetic component 宗 (zōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 综zōng(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 踪zōng(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks
• 棕zōngpalm; palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber)
• 鬃zōngbristles; horse's mane
• 粽zòngrice dumplings wrapped in leaves
• 淙cóngnoise of water
• 琮cóngjade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times

Characters that look like 崇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 遗yí(bound form) to leave behind
• 兼jiāndouble; twice; simultaneous
• 萧xiāo(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
• 匪fěibandit; (literary) not
• 龚Gōngsurname Gong
• 莆púused in 莆田

Sounds the same

Read chóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 虫lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…
• 重to repeat; repetition; again