重重

Chinese

		heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
simp. and trad. (重重)		重	重

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóngchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ cung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûng-chhûng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): têng-têng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dêng⁵ dêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóngchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóngchóng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung²-chʻung²
    • Yale: chúng-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngchorng
    • Palladius: чунчун (čunčun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ cung⁴
    • Yale: chùhng chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûng-chhûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: cung´ cung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cung¹ cung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: têng-têng
    • Tâi-lô: tîng-tîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dengdeeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ²³⁻³³ tiɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dêng⁵ dêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: têng têng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /teŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ teŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

重重

1. layer upon layer; level by level; multi-layered; encircled; surrounded (as in a besieged city or fortress)

   困難重重／困难重重  ―  kùnnan chóngchóng  ―  to have many difficulties

Synonyms

• 層層／层层 (céngcéng)

Adverb

重重

1. again and again; repeatedly; time and time again

Synonyms

• 一再 (yīzài)
• 來回／来回 (láihuí)
• 再三 (zàisān)
• 反覆／反复 (fǎnfù)
• 多次 (duōcì)
• 屢屢／屡屡 (lǚlǚ)
• 屢次／屡次 (lǚcì)
• 往復／往复 (wǎngfù)
• 比比 (bǐbǐ)
• 頻頻／频频 (pínpín)

 

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “重重”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
重	重

Adjective

重重

1. chữ Hán form of trùng trùng (“innumerable; numberless”).