# 沉重 (chénzhòng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 沉重 (chénzhòng) means “heavy; serious”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: heavy; serious
- Pinyin: chénzhòng (chen2 zhong4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 听到这个消息，他心情很沉重。
  Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā xīnqíng hěn chénzhòng.
  Hearing this news, his mood became very heavy.

## Characters

- [沉](https://hanziro.com/word/chen-heavy/) (chén): heavy; to sink
- [重](https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-heavy/) (zhòng): heavy; serious

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

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