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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 沉重

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
沉重 chén zhòng - heavy
- hard
- serious
- critical

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 4 6,530 4,656 4,125

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
沉 chén- to submerge
- to immerse
- to sink
- to keep down
- to lower
- to drop
- deep
- profound
- heavy
重 chóng- to repeat
- repetition
- again
- re-
- classifier: layer
重 zhòng- heavy
- serious
- to attach importance to

Other Words Containing 沉重

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
沉重 6 4 6,530 4,656 4,125