繁 fán
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- Made of
- 敏 fast, quick 糸 silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
繁重
fánzhòng
heavy; burdensome
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 基层工作人员承担着繁重的统计任务，却缺乏足够的技术支持。 Jīcéng gōngzuò rényuán chéngdān zhe fánzhòng de tǒngjì rènwu, què quēfá zúgòu de jìshù zhīchí. Grass-roots staff carry heavy statistical tasks, yet lack sufficient technical support.
- 她白天工作，晚上照顾孩子，任务十分繁重。 Tā báitiān gōngzuò, wǎnshang zhàogù háizi, rènwu shífēn fánzhòng. She works by day and looks after the children at night, so her load is very heavy.
- 繁重的功课让学生们很少有时间玩。 Fánzhòng de gōngkè ràng xuéshengmen hěn shǎo yǒu shíjiān wán. The heavy homework leaves students little time to play.
Related words
- 繁荣 fánróng prosperous; thriving
- 频繁 pínfán frequent
- 繁忙 fánmáng busy
- 繁殖 fánzhí to breed, to reproduce
- 繁多 fánduō numerous and varied
- 繁华 fánhuá prosperous; bustling
- 繁体字 fántǐzì traditional Chinese characters
- 繁衍 fányǎn to reproduce; to propagate
- 繁杂 fánzá numerous and complicated
- 重 zhòng heavy; important
- 重要 zhòngyào important
- 重复 chóngfù to repeat