# 加重 (jiāzhòng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 加重 (jiāzhòng) means “to make heavier; to aggravate; to increase”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to make heavier; to aggravate; to increase
- Pinyin: jiāzhòng (jia1 zhong4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 熬夜只会加重你的病情。
  Áoyè zhǐ huì jiāzhòng nǐ de bìngqíng.
  Staying up late will only make your illness worse.

## Characters

- [加](https://hanziro.com/word/jia-add/) (jiā): to add; plus
- [重](https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-heavy/) (zhòng): heavy; serious

https://hanziro.com/word/jia-zhong-make-heavier/

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