加重 meaning in English

jiāzhòng

to make heavier; to emphasize

HSK 7-9verb14 strokes

Meaning of 加重

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jiāzhòng
  1. to make heavier
  2. to emphasize
  3. (of an illness etc) to become more serious
  4. to aggravate (a bad situation)
  5. to increase (a burden, punishment etc)

加重 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

良liáng善shàn和hé喜xǐ乐lè比bǐ道dào德dé更gèng加jiā重zhòng要yào,是shì我wǒ们men所suǒ应yīng尽jǐn的de绝jué对duì义yì务wù。
Gentleness and cheerfulness, these come before all morality; they are the perfect duties.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

加 jiā · to add · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

重 zhòng · heavy · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 加重.

重要zhòngyàoimportant; significant; major
参加cānjiāto participate; to take part; to join
加油jiāyóuto add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas
重新chóngxīnagain; once more; re-
重复chóngfùto repeat; to duplicate
重点zhòngdiǎnto recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate
重视zhòngshìto attach importance to sth; to value
更加gèngjiāmore (than sth else); even more
增加zēngjiāto raise; to increase
重大zhòngdàgreat; important
加强jiāqiángto reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
加快jiākuàito accelerate; to speed up; to hasten

Questions about 加重

What does 加重 mean?

加重 (jiāzhòng) means "to make heavier; to emphasize" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 加重?

加重 is made of 2 characters: 加 (5 strokes), 重 (9 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 加重 an HSK word?

Yes. 加重 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.