严重 (yánzhòng) means Serious (severe - critical). Below are 12 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他的病不太 严重 。
Tā de bìng bú tài yánzhòng.
His illness is not very serious.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 严重
问题比我们想的 严重 。
Wèntí bǐ wǒmen xiǎng de yánzhòng.
The problem is more serious than we thought.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 严重
环境问题日益 严重 。
Huánjìng wèntí rìyì yánzhòng.
Environmental problems are growing more serious by the day.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 日益
这样做的后果很 严重 。
Zhèyàng zuò de hòuguǒ hěn yánzhòng.
The consequences of doing this are serious.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 后果
他因 严重 违纪被开除。
Tā yīn yánzhòng wéijì bèi kāichú.
He was expelled for a serious breach of discipline.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开除
贩卖假药是 严重 的犯罪。
Fànmài jiǎ yào shì yánzhòng de fànzuì.
Selling counterfeit medicine is a serious crime.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贩卖
走私是 严重 的违法行为。
Zǒu sī shì yánzhòng de wéifǎ xíngwéi.
Smuggling is a serious offence.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 走私
学校决定给予他 严重 处分。
Xuéxiào juédìng jǐyǔ tā yánzhòng chǔfèn.
The school decided to impose a serious penalty on him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 处分
考试作弊是很 严重 的问题。
Kǎoshì zuòbì shì hěn yánzhòng de wèntí.
Cheating in an exam is a serious matter.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 作弊
这一带常年干旱，缺水 严重 。
Zhè yídài chángnián gānhàn, quē shuǐ yánzhòng.
This area is dry all year round and badly short of water.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 干旱
这个地区遭受了 严重 的旱灾。
Zhège dìqū zāoshòu le yánzhòng de hànzāi.
This region suffered a severe drought.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遭受
这种行为 严重 败坏了学校的名声。
Zhè zhǒng xíngwéi yánzhòng bàihuài le xuéxiào de míngshēng.
This behaviour seriously damaged the school's reputation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 败坏
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How is 严重 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 sentences using 严重 (yánzhòng, "Serious (severe - critical)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 严重 an HSK word?
Yes — 严重 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
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