# 沉甸甸 (chéndiàndiàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 沉甸甸 (chéndiàndiàn) means “heavy; weighty”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: heavy; weighty
- Pinyin: chéndiàndiàn (chen2 dian4 dian4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这个行李箱拿在手里沉甸甸的。
  Zhège xínglixiāng ná zài shǒulǐ chéndiàndiàn de.
  This suitcase feels very heavy in my hand.

## Characters

- [沉](https://hanziro.com/word/chen-heavy/) (chén): heavy; to sink
- 甸 (diàn): suburbs or outskirts; official in charge of fields (old)

https://hanziro.com/word/chen-dian-dian-heavy/

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