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[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 Additional PoS: Stroke count: 9
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This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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重聚 cung4 zeoi6 = to meet again; reunion 重孫女 zung6 syun1 neoi5 = great granddaughter; see also 曾孫女 重未 zung6 mei6 = not yet 粵 重要 zung6 jiu3 = important 注重 zyu3 zung6 = to emphasize 重力 cung5 lik6 = gravity 重有 zung6 jau5 = furthermore; in addition; moreover 粵 保重 bou2 zung6 = take care of yourself (e. g. when saying goodbye) 重型 cung5 jing4 = heavy duty 尊重 zyun1 zung6 = hold in esteem; think highly of; serious See all 234 compounds (CantoDict reports 247 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 38 examples containing 重
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.]
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.]
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.
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.
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).]
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]
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]
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. [http://storyboard1212.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=25098] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |