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沉重 chénzhòng

沉重 chénzhòng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 沉重 chénzhòng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chénzhòng | chen2 zhong4
English translation
heavy
hard
serious
critical

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Traditional form

沉重 chénzhòng

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 沉重 chénzhòng

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chēn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and chēn represents the sound. Variant of chén .

Positional decomposition

氵冗

Number of Strokes

7
chóng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a person ( rén ) carrying a heavy basket ( dōng ).

Positional decomposition

千里 qiān lǐ

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 沉重 chénzhòng

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孩子 háizi men yòu lěi yòu 饿 è , tuō zhāo 沉重 chénzhòng de 步伐 bùfá 高高兴兴 gāo gāo xìng xìng de 回家 huí jiā le .

Tired and hungry, but happy , the boys trudged home.

亚历山德拉怀 Huái zhāo 沉重 chénzhòng de 心情 xīnqíng 目送 mù sòng 富兰 bèi dài zhāo Xiàng 长廊 cháng láng 那头 zǒu .

With a sinking heart Alexandra saw Frank led away down the corridor.

yòu 一次 yī cì de tuī zhǐ 沉重 chénzhòng de 箱子 xiāng zi , dàn méi 推动 tuī dòng .

I pushed and pushed at the heavy box but could not move it.

扛起 zhǐ 沉重 chénzhòng de 箱子 xiāng zi , 吭哧 kēng chi 吭哧地 zǒu le .

He heaved the heavy box and staggered off , puffing and blowing from the strain.

diào dào 河里 le , 由于 yóuyú bèi 沉重 chénzhòng de 大衣 dà yī suǒ kùn , zhǐ 勉强 miǎnqiǎng Yóu dào 河岸 hé àn .

He fell into the river and, because he was embarrassessed by his heavy overcoat, only managed to swim to the bank.

沉重 chénzhòng Decomposition

See the 7 Chinese characters that make up 沉重 chénzhòng and their own compounds.

沉重 chénzhòng Compounds

See all 26 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 沉重 chénzhòng in their composition.

  • chēn
    • chóng
      • Dǒng
        • dǒng ,
      • dòng
        • xx
      • zhōng
      • zhǒng , zhǒng , zhǒng , chòng , dòng , tuǎn , zhōng , , , , , , , , , , zhǒng , , , ,
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