粵

重cung4重cung4

cung4 cung4cung5 cung5chóng chóngzhòng zhòng

English

  1. layer upon layer
  2. heavily
  3. one after another
  4. severely
  5. layer upon layer; pile upon pile
  6. strongly; severely; heavily

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一層層、一疊疊,引申為好多
  2. 好大力度

Examples

  • 唔同語言嘅輕重重讀方法有所不同,英文同法文之間有明顯嘅分別。

    Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

  • 汤姆的头部受了重重的一击。

    Tom received a heavy blow on the head.

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 虽然困难重重,他还是完成了这个任务。

    Despite a lot of difficulties, he still completed the task.

    Tatoeba · Gustav249 CC BY

  • 他用斧頭重重的斬了一下,那棵樹就倒了下來。

    The tree was felled with one hard blow of his ax.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 重重難關

    a bundle of difficulties

  • 睇你心事重重個樣,好似好多嘢擔心咁喎。

    You have the look of someone whose thoughts are piling up in your head. It seems like there is a lot worrying you.

  • 呢單案疑點重重,唔係一時三刻可以破解。

    This case has too many points of suspicion. It's not one that can be cracked with the snap of a finger.

  • 老闆話年尾冇得加薪,重重打擊員工士氣。

    The boss just announced that there would be no salary raise this year which has severely affected the employees' morale.

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

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