嚴重
yán​zhòng HSK4

serious

严重 嚴重 yán​zhòng
serious adjective
serious; grave; critical; severe; used to describe a dangerous situation or a deep level of impact

你不知道爸爸病得多严重吗？

nǐ bù​zhī​dào bà​ba bìng de duō yán​zhòng ma?

Don't you know how sick dad is?

环境问题有多严重？

huán​jìng wèn​tí yǒu duō yán​zhòng?

How serious are environmental issues?

serious and dignified
(literary) serious and dignified in manner; solemn and prudent
to respect
(literary) to respect or hold someone in high esteem

Frequency
Movie subtitles
92.7 per million appears in 33% of films
Written text
206.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4

Cross-References

Antonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)