# 严重 (yánzhòng)

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

- Meaning: serious; severe
- Pinyin: yánzhòng (yan2 zhong4)
- Traditional: 嚴重
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 他的感冒越来越严重了。
  Tā de gǎnmào yuèláiyuè yánzhòng le.
  His cold is getting more and more severe.

## Characters

- [严](https://hanziro.com/word/yan-strict/) (yán): strict; rigorous
- [重](https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-heavy/) (zhòng): heavy; serious

https://hanziro.com/word/yan-zhong-serious/

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