重
zhòngchóng HSK1

heavy

重 zhòng frequency
heavy adjective
having great weight

这个箱子太重了，我搬不动。

zhè​ge xiāng​zi tài zhòng le, wǒ bān bù dòng.

This box is too heavy for me to move.

serious adjective
grave or severe in nature or intensity

由于感冒很重，他今天没去上班。

yóu​yú gǎn​mào hěn zhòng, tā jīn​tiān méi qù shàng​bān.

He didn't go to work today because he has a severe cold.

value verb
to attach importance to or prioritize

他是一个很重感情的人。

tā shì yī gè hěn zhòng gǎn​qíng de rén.

He is a person who values relationships very deeply.

important adjective
of great significance or consequence.

这里是军事重地，禁止拍照。

zhè​lǐ shì jūn​shì zhòng dì, jìn​zhǐ pāi​zhào.

This is a restricted military area; photography is prohibited.

重 chóng
repeat adjective
to repeat, occur again, or do something once more; often used as a prefix meaning re-

这里的文字重了，需要删掉一个。

zhè​lǐ de wén​zì chóng le, xū​yào shān​diào yī gè.

This word is repeated; one needs to be deleted.

layer measure word
classifier for layers, folds, or tiers

他在这家公司里有两重身份，既是经理又是股东。

tā zài zhè jiā gōng​sī lǐ yǒu liǎng chóng shēn​fèn, jì shì jīng​lǐ yòu shì gǔ​dōng.

He has a dual role in this company, serving as both a manager and a shareholder.

Frequency
Character
Written text
140th most common 1461.7 per million
Movie subtitles
210th most common 840.5 per million appears in 97% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
151.4 per million appears in 46% of films
Written text
212.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+91CD

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)