重重地 (zhòng zhòng de) — (adverb) heavily, with great force

Definition

Adverbial form of 重重: describes an action done with great weight or force (throwing, knocking, sitting down). Modify a verb between subject and verb, or before the verb.

adverb
heavilywith great force

Examples

  • 重重地。
    Tā bǎ xiāng zi zhòng zhòng de shuāi zài dì shàng.
    He threw the box heavily onto the ground.
  • 重重地。
    Fǎ guān zhòng zhòng de qiāo le yí xià zhuō zi.
    The judge knocked the table heavily.
  • 重重地，。
    Tā zhòng zhòng de zuò zài yǐ zi shàng, tàn le yì kǒu qì.
    He sat heavily in the chair and sighed.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

重重heavily
重zhòngheavy重zhòngheavy
重叠Reduplication
地dìsuffix

重重 repeats 重 (“heavy”) for intensity, and 地 gives the sense of doing it that way.

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.

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.

Open 重 →

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.

Open 重 →

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
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
也
也yě地dì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

地 is built from 土 (earth) and 也, which gives its sound.

Open 地 →

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