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浓重 (nóng zhòng) — (of smell, color, smoke) strong, thick, dense; (of accent, flavor) heavy, pronounced; (of emotion, effect) deep, profound

Definition

浓重 stresses strong sensory or emotional intensity (smoke, accent, feeling) — sharper than the gentler 浓厚, and used for things you can literally sense, unlike 深厚 which is for abstract bonds.

adjective
(of smell, color, smoke) strongthickdense(of accent, flavor) heavypronounced(of emotion, effect) deepprofound

Examples

  • 浓重。
    Lú zi lǐ de yān hěn nóng zhòng.
    The smoke from the stove is very thick.
  • 浓重。
    Zhè wèi lǎo xiān sheng de běi fāng kǒu yīn fēi cháng nóng zhòng.
    This old gentleman's northern accent is very heavy.
  • 浓重。
    Tā duì mǔ qīn yǒu nóng zhòng de gǎn qíng.
    He has deep feelings for his mother.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

浓nóngdense
重zhòngheavy

浓 (dense) and 重 (heavy) combine to describe something thick, strong, or profound.

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 濃; 浓 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
農
農nóng濃nóng
Same sound today

The traditional form 濃 has 氵 as water and 農 as the sound part; this is the form described here.

Open 浓 →

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 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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