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重

zhòng

HSK 5 Character

What 重 means

1. heavy
2. serious
3. to attach importance to

Other readings

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

• chóngto repeat; repetition; again

Example sentences

• 保重。
  Take care.
• 重复！
  Repeat!
• 请自重。
  Qǐng zìzhòng.
  Please conduct yourself with dignity.
• 严重吗？
  Is it serious?
• 它真重。
  It's pretty heavy.
• 要尊重！
  Have respect!

Words starting with 重

• 重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major
• 重新chóng xīnagain; once more; re-
• 重点zhòng diǎnimportant point; main point; focus; key (project etc); to focus on; to put the emphasis on
• 重视zhòng shìto attach importance to sth; to value
• 重复chóng fùto repeat; to duplicate
• 重量zhòng liàngweight
• 重心zhòng xīncenter of gravity; central core; main part
• 重叠chóng diéto overlap; to superimpose; to telescope
• 重阳节Chóng yáng jiéDouble Ninth or Yang Festival; 9th day of 9th lunar month
• 重大zhòng dàgreat; important; major
• 重庆Chóng qìngChongqing municipality (short name 渝
• 重重zhòng zhòngheavily; severely
• 重要性zhòng yào xìngimportance
• 重建chóng jiànto rebuild; to reconstruct; to reestablish
• 重组chóng zǔto reorganize; to recombine; to restructure
• 重返chóng fǎnto return to
• 重伤zhòng shāngserious injury; seriously injured
• 重逢chóng féngto meet again; to be reunited; reunion
• 重现chóng xiànto reappear
• 重任zhòng rènheavy responsibility
• 重温chóng wēnto learn sth over again; to review; to brush up
• 重来chóng láito start over; to do sth all over again
• 重庆市Chóng qìng ShìChongqing municipality (short name 渝
• 重演chóng yǎnto recur (of events, esp. adverse ones); to repeat (a performance)

Words containing 重

• 严重yán zhònggrave; serious; severe; critical
• 尊重zūn zhòngto esteem; to respect; to honor
• 沉重chén zhòngheavy; hard; serious
• 注重zhù zhòngto pay attention to; to emphasize
• 隆重lóng zhònggrand; prosperous; ceremonious
• 郑重zhèng zhòngserious; solemn; earnest
• 慎重shèn zhòngcautious; careful; prudent
• 着重zhuó zhòngto put emphasis on; to stress
• 比重bǐ zhòngproportion; specific gravity
• 庄重zhuāng zhònggrave; solemn; dignified
• 保重bǎo zhòngto take care of oneself
• 举足轻重jǔ zú qīng zhòngto play a critical role (idiom); influential
• 任重道远rèn zhòng dào yuǎna heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle…
• 体重tǐ zhòngbody weight
• 双重shuāng chóngdouble
• 看重kàn zhòngto regard as important; to value
• 加重jiā zhòngto make heavier; to emphasize; (of an illness etc) to become more serious
• 贵重guì zhòngprecious
• 至关重要zhì guān zhòng yàoextremely important; vital; crucial
• 厚重hòu zhòngthick; heavy; thickset (body)
• 多重duō chóngmulti- (faceted, cultural, ethnic etc)
• 浓重nóng zhòngdense; thick; strong
• 侧重cè zhòngto place particular emphasis on
• 稳重wěn zhòngsteady; earnest; staid

Characters that look like 重

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

• 室shìroom; work unit; grave
• 首shǒuhead; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)
• 宣xuānto declare (publicly); to announce
• 竞jìngto compete; to contend; to struggle
• 耆qíman of sixty or seventy
• 坴lùa clod of earth; land

Sounds the same

Read zhòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 众(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
• 种to plant; to grow; to cultivate
• 仲second month of a season; middle; intermediate
• 中to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
• 乑to stand side by side; variant of 众
• 茽vegetation growing thickly
• 蚛(literary) (of a worm or insect) to nibble; to bite; worm-eaten
• 狆Pekingese
• 㐺old variant of 众