严肃 yánsù▶ serio

Stroke order

严肃 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 严 — 7 strokes
• 肃 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious
2. (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting
3. to strictly enforce

Related words

• 严厉severo
• 严密apretado
• 严寒Frío intenso
• 严峻severo; serio; duro
• 严格estricto
• 严禁Prohibir estrictamente

严肃 is pronounced yánsù and means “serio”. You will meet it in HSK 5, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 严肃 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.