重 (cung5 zung6 cung4 | zhong4 chong2) : heavy; important; furthermore; repeat

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重

cung5 zung6 cung4

zhong4 chong2

[粵] cung5 | [國] zhong4
[1] [adj] heavy; weighty; strong | [antonym] 輕
[2] [adj] deep; serious; thick
[3] [adj] considerable in amount/value

[粵] zung6 | [國] zhong4
[1] [v] attach importance to; lay stress on
[2] [adj] important; significant; strategic
[3] [adj] solemn; composed; discreet

[粵] zung6 - Cantonese only
[adv] furthermore: even; still; also | [variant] 仲, [國] 還

[粵] cung4 | [國] chong2
[1] [v] repeat; duplicate; overlap
[2] [n] layer; double; multiple
[3] [adv] again; anew; afresh; once more

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This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

重

This word has been viewed 33231 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Feb 2012 05:38

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重聚 cung4 zeoi6 chong2 ju4 = to meet again; reunion

重孫女 zung6 syun1 neoi5 zhong4 sun1 nv3 = great granddaughter; see also 曾孫女

重未 zung6 mei6 = not yet 粵

重要 zung6 jiu3 zhong4 yao4 = important

注重 zyu3 zung6 zhu4 zhong4 = to emphasize

重力 cung5 lik6 zhong4 li4 = gravity

重有 zung6 jau5 = furthermore; in addition; moreover 粵

保重 bou2 zung6 bao3 zhong4 = take care of yourself (e. g. when saying goodbye)

重型 cung5 jing4 zhong4 xing2 = heavy duty

尊重 zyun1 zung6 zun1 zhong4 = hold in esteem; think highly of; serious
See all 234 compounds (CantoDict reports 247 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 38 examples containing 重

你哋倆兄弟保重粵
You two take care of yourselves.
[Lit. you-[plural marker] two brothers take-care]

以前呢度啲生意重做得下嘅，但而家就喎呵囉粵
Doing business here used to be all right, but now, it's over.

咁重要嘅嘢，而家先至同我講粵
Why has he left telling me such an important thing until now?
[Lit. so important [possessive particle] thing, now only with me say?]

唔係呃,我今朝重未見到佢。粵
No, I haven't seen him yet this morning.
[呃 [aak3] is a final particle used here to emphasize a denial of sth which is often detailed immediately after it.]

重使你講! 粵
You're telling me!
[Cantonese version does not need an object.]

李生結咗婚﹐有兩個仔﹐重係讀緊書。粵
Mr Lee is married with two sons, who are still in school.
[There is no relative pronoun (such as "who") in Cantonese. The change of subject is self-evident from the context.]

對於他這種地位的人來說, 這樣的行為是不莊重的。國
Such conduct is undignified for a person of his position.

咪咁眼闊肚窄，重有好多餸；慢慢啲食！粵
Don't be so greedy, there's still a lot of food; eat slower!

重有幾遠? 粵
How far do you still have to go?

屋企重有幾多米呀？粵
How much rice is there left in the house? (at home)

咁夜重上網？不如聽朝再玩過啦！粵
Still surfing the web at this time of the night? Why don't you (go to bed) and go online again in the morning?

佢唔單只問得好溜，講話重開口夾著脷添粵
Not only does he asks peculiar questions, he says things that causes embarassment.

啱換咗嘅新門鎖反而重𣲷粵
The newly changed door lock is unexpectedly not as smooth as the old one.

反到成身都咁𣲷/nap6/,重唔去沖個涼粵
You are all sweaty and sticky after playing. Quickly go for your shower.

呢件事關重大，佢擔唔擔戴得起啊?
Is he able to bear the responsibility of such an important matter?

間餐廳嘅例湯賣來賣去都係嗰三幅被，重來冇新鮮啲嘅畀你試。粵
This restaurant always serves the same soups; there's never a new thing for you to try.

佢為家庭朋友不怕忍辱負重粵
He is unafraid to go through humiliation for the sake of family and friends.

而家噉嘅情況佢重有心情去游山玩水? 粵
He still has the mood to go for sightseeing at a time like this?

佢重未賠返我啲錢。粵
He still hasn't paid me back yet.

咸豐年前嘅事你重攞嚟講粵
You are still bringing up things that happened so many years ago

人哋重係黃花閨女㗎！粵
She's still an untouched virgin girl!
[The audio has 閨 mispronounced as gwai3 (instead of gwai1).]

想贏我？你重未夠班！粵
Trying to win against me? You're not there yet!

重唔快攞出啲紳士風度幫寶華開車門！粵
Shouln't you be a gentleman by opening the car door for Bou Wah?

佢今年八十歲啦，重係咁精神爽利粵
She is already eighty this year, yet she is still full of life and zest.

乜你咁大個人重戽被㗎粵
You are so old now yet you still kick your blanket when you sleep!

搬重嘢嘅時候，要保持姿勢正確。粵
When moving heavy objects, (one) should maintain a correct posture.
[or "要保持正確嘅姿勢"]

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。粵
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter.
[In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]

喪事最重要部份叫喪禮粵
The most important part after a person dies is called the funeral.
[Lit. Death-matters most important part call funeral]

我仲有樣好重要嘅嘢要問清楚你粵
I still have something important and in need of clarification to ask you.

我嗌咗碟炒飯好耐,重未嚟呀! 粵
I've ordered a dish of fried rice a long time ago. But it still hasn't come yet!

佢唔聽我講，重𠱂返我幾句。粵
He wouldn't listen to me. He even said something in retort.

嗰個學生唔見咗部手機，手機重係新嘅添。粵
That student has lost his mobile phone, and a new one at that.
[重係...添 = at that]

目前已經重開
Presently it's already reopened.

塊紙板唔受力﹐唔好加咁重。粵
The cardboard doesn't carry much weight. Don't add too much.

亞雄成晚喺度捵床捵蓆，隻手紮到豬蹄噉，佢重喺度考慮好唔好請假粵
Ah Hung spent the whole night tossing and turning on his bed, clenching his fist like pig's trotters; he is still considering if he should apply for leave from work.
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好在重有公民黨粵
Thank goodness, we still have the Civic Party.

好彩重有公民黨粵
Thank goodness, we still have the Civic Party.

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