重 zhòng / chóng in a sentence
Weight (heavy - important - serious); Repeat
重 (zhòng / chóng) means Weight (heavy - important - serious), Repeat. Below are 24 of the 38 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
他这次病得很 重 。
Tā zhè cì bìng de hěn zhòng.
He is seriously ill this time.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 重
这个箱子太 重 了，我搬不动。
Zhège xiāngzi tài zhòng le, wǒ bān bu dòng.
This case is too heavy for me to move.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 重
请注意听 重 点。
Qǐng zhùyì tīng zhòngdiǎn.
Please listen out for the main points.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 重点
学习环境很 重 要。
Xuéxí huánjìng hěn zhòngyào.
A good study environment is important.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 环境
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
我的行李箱太 重 了。
Wǒ de xínglǐxiāng tài zhòng le.
My suitcase is too heavy.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 行李箱
我们决定 重 新开始。
Wǒmen juédìng chóngxīn kāishǐ.
We decided to start over.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 重新
打好基础非常 重 要。
Dǎ hǎo jīchǔ fēicháng zhòngyào.
Building a good foundation is very important.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 基础
这个问题当然很 重 要。
Zhège wèntí dāngrán hěn zhòngyào.
This question is of course very important.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 当然
这是一件很 重 要的事。
Zhè shì yí jiàn hěn zhòngyào de shì.
This is a very important matter.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 重要
From the graded readers
我说：“好，你保 重 。”
wǒ shuō:" hǎo / hào, nǐ bǎozhòng."
I said, "All right. Take care of yourself."
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
她手里拿着四五个很 重 的袋子。
tā shǒulǐ názhe sì wǔ gè hěn zhòng / chóng de / dì dàizi.
She was holding four or five heavy bags.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
不过对我来说，名次并不 重 要。
búguò duì wǒ láishuō, míngcì bìngbù zhòngyào.
But the placing wasn't what mattered to me.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
中秋节是中国最 重 要的节日之一。
zhōngqiūjié shì zhōngguó zuì zhòngyào de / dì jiérì zhīyī.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of China's most important holidays.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
那个声音又 重 又慢，像有人在搬东西。
nèigè shēngyīn yòu zhòng / chóng yòu màn, xiàng yǒurén zài bān dōngxī.
It was heavy and slow, like someone moving furniture.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
她笑着说：“ 重 要的东西都带不走。”
tā xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó shuō:" zhòngyào de / dì dōngxī dōu dài bù zǒu."
She smiled and said, "The things that matter can't be packed."
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
公司有一个很 重 要的项目，我是负责人。
gōngsī yǒu yīgè hěn zhòngyào de / dì xiàngmù, wǒ shì fùzé rén.
The company had an important project and I was leading it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
我又着急又难过，因为里面有很多 重 要的照片。
wǒ yòu zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó jí yòu nán'guò, yīnwèi lǐmiàn yǒu hěnduō zhòngyào de / dì zhàopiàn.
I was anxious and upset, because there were a lot of important photos on it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
第一次写错了一个字，她觉得不好看，就 重 新写了一遍。
dìyīcì xiě cuò le / liǎo / liào yīgè zì, tā juéde bùhǎo kàn / kān, jiù chóngxīn xiěle yī biàn.
The first time she'd got one character wrong, thought it looked untidy, and written the whole thing again.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
我这才知道，真正尊 重 你的人，不会因为一次拒绝就离开。
wǒ zhè / zhèi cái zhīdào, zhēnzhèng zūnzhòng nǐ de rén, bùhuì yīnwèi yīcì jùjué jiù líkāi.
That was when I learned that people who genuinely respect you don't leave over one refusal.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
三十岁生日那天，我做了一个决定：我要 重 新开始学画画。
sānshí suì shēngrì nà / nèi tiān, wǒ zuòle yīgè juédìng: wǒ yāo chóngxīn kāishǐ xué huà huà.
On my thirtieth birthday I made a decision: I was going to start learning to paint again.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
重 appears in 38 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 重
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Questions about 重
How is 重 used in a sentence?
This page shows 38 sentences using 重 (zhòng / chóng, "Weight (heavy - important - serious), Repeat"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 重 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 重 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 重 an HSK word?
Yes — 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.
Where can I see the full entry for 重?
The dictionary page for 重 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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