🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

更重

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gèng zhòng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Heavier/ˈhɛv.i.ər/
adjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个箱子比我想象的更重。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having a greater weight than something else.

    "The box is heavier than I expected."
  2. 2

    More serious or severe in nature.

    "The situation became heavier as more problems arose."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'heavier' is derived from the Old English 'hefig', which means 'heavy'. It has roots in Proto-Germanic '*habwiga', and its meaning has evolved over centuries to denote a greater weight or density in comparison to something else.

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