庄 zhuāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
庄重
zhuāngzhòng
solemn; dignified
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Example phrases
- 在如此敏感的场合，他选择了庄重而克制的表达，避免激化双方情绪。 Zài rúcǐ mǐngǎn de chǎnghé, tā xuǎnzé le zhuāngzhòng ér kèzhì de biǎodá, bìmiǎn jīhuà shuāngfāng qíngxù. On such a sensitive occasion, he chose a solemn and restrained form of expression to avoid intensifying both sides' emotions.
- 升旗仪式上，同学们的举止十分庄重，没有一个人讲话。 Shēngqí yíshì shàng, tóngxuémen de jǔzhǐ shífēn zhuāngzhòng, méiyǒu yí gè rén jiǎnghuà. At the flag-raising ceremony the students behaved very solemnly; not a single person spoke.
- 这座古老的大厅气氛庄重，人们走进去都会放慢脚步。 Zhè zuò gǔlǎo de dàtīng qìfēn zhuāngzhòng, rénmen zǒu jìnqù dōu huì fàngmàn jiǎobù. The atmosphere of this old hall is dignified, and everyone slows their steps upon entering.
Related words
- 村庄 cūnzhuāng village
- 庄稼 zhuāngjia crops
- 庄严 zhuāngyán solemn; dignified; stately
- 庄园 zhuāngyuán manor; estate
- 重 zhòng heavy; important
- 重要 zhòngyào important
- 重复 chóngfù to repeat
- 重新 chóngxīn again; from the start
- 重点 zhòngdiǎn main point; focus
- 重视 zhòngshì to value; to take seriously
- 重 chóng again; re-
- 重大 zhòngdà major; important