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着重 (zhuó zhòng) — to put emphasis on; to stress

Definition

着重 means 'to put emphasis on / focus on,' describing where attention or weight goes (e.g., 着重分析). It is close to 侧重 and 注重; 着重 and 侧重 both mark a focal point, while 注重 stresses valuing or paying close attention to something.

verb
to put emphasis onto stress

Examples

  • 着重。
    Zhè cì kè chéng zhuó zhòng péi yǎng xué shēng de shí jì yìng yòng néng lì.
    This course emphasizes cultivating students' practical application skills.
  • 着重。
    Bào gào zhuó zhòng fēn xī le dāng qián jīng jì xià huá de yuán yīn.
    The report focuses on analyzing the causes of the economic downturn.
  • 着重。
    Huì shàng wǒ men zhuó zhòng tǎo lùn le xià yí bù de jì huà.
    At the meeting we focused on discussing the next steps.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

着zheattach
重zhòngweight/importance

The 着 sense 'attach' and 重 'weight/importance' combine: place weight on something.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 著; 着 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě著zháo
Same sound today

The traditional form 著 puts 艸 (grass; plant) above 者, which gives the sound; the simplified 着 is a later shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
東
東dōng重zhòng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

重 developed from a picture of a man carrying a bag, with 人 for the man and 東 for the bag; a later ground element was folded into the form.

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