沉重

沉重

See also: 沈重

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
trad. (沉重/沈重)		沉/沈	重
simp. (沉重)		沉	重

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ zung⁶, cam⁴ cung⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀m-chhung
• Min Nan (POJ): tîm-tāng / tîm-tǎng / tîm-tiōng / tîm-tiǒng / tiâm-tāng

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chénzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernjonq
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ zung⁶, cam⁴ cung⁵
    • Yale: chàhm juhng, chàhm chúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ dzung⁶, tsam⁴ tsung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ zung⁶, cem⁴ cung⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ t͡sʊŋ²²/, /t͡sʰɐm²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀m-chhung
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciimˇ cung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cim² cung⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sʰɨm¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-tāng
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-tāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dimdang
    • IPA (Taipei): /tim²⁴⁻¹¹ taŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tim²³⁻³³ taŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tim¹³⁻²² taŋ²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² taŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-tǎng
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-tǎng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tim²⁴⁻²² taŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-tiōng
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-tiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dimdiong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tim¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-tiǒng
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-tiǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tim²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâm-tāng
    • Tâi-lô: tiâm-tāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diamdang
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiam²⁴⁻¹¹ taŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiam²³⁻³³ taŋ³³/

Adjective

沉重

1. heavy (of an object or person)
2. grave; solemn; serious (of a situation)
3. critical; severe; serious (of a mood, condition, illness, etc.)

Synonyms

• (heavy): 繁重 (fánzhòng)

Antonyms

• (grave): 輕快／轻快 (qīngkuài), 輕盈／轻盈 (qīngyíng)