沉重 chénzhòng▶ pesado

Stroke order

沉重 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 沉 — 7 strokes
• 重 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. heavy
2. hard
3. serious
4. critical

Related words

• 保重cuidarse
• 庄重grandioso; soberbio
• 慎重cuidadoso
• 比重gravedad específica; proporción
• 沉思Meditación
• 沉淀ceder; disminuir

沉重 is pronounced chénzhòng and means “pesado”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 沉重 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.