粵

加gaa1重cung5

gaa1 cung5jiā zhòng

English

  1. to make heavier
  2. to emphasize
  3. (of an illness etc) to become more serious
  4. to aggravate (a bad situation)
  5. to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
  6. (usually of burden, pressure, illness or punishment) to make or become heavier; to increase the weight of

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 令負擔、壓力、病情、刑罰變得更重

Examples

  • 啲規則一定唔可以多,同埋更加重要嘅係一定要簡單。

    The rules must be few and, more importantly, simple.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 音系學同音譯學有複雜嘅關係;雖然音系學嘅重點係研究語音,但係佢更加重視客觀嘅語音嘅分析。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 良善和喜樂比道德更加重要,是我們所應盡的絕對義務。

    Gentleness and cheerfulness, these come before all morality; they are the perfect duties.

    Tatoeba · tsayng CC BY

  • 加重負擔

    to increase the burden

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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