严肃 yánsù▶ จริงจัง

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รุนแรง
• 严密แน่น, คับ
• 严寒หนาวจัด
• 严峻เข้มงวด; จริงจัง; รุนแรง
• 严格เข้มงวด
• 严禁ห้ามโดยเด็ดขาด

严肃 is pronounced yánsù and means “จริงจัง”. 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.