过重

過重

guòzhòng

adjective #30,617

Meanings

1 overweight
2 too heavy
3 excessive (in weight or burden)

Characters

over; excessively

Examples

你的行李过重，要加付运费。

Nǐ de xíngli guòzhòng, yào jiā fù yùnfèi.

Your luggage is overweight, you'll have to pay an extra charge.

学生的课业负担过重。

Xuéshēng de kèyè fùdān guòzhòng.

The students' academic workload is too heavy.

体重过重会增加心脏负担。

Tǐzhòng guòzhòng huì zēngjiā xīnzàng fùdān.

Being overweight puts extra strain on the heart.

Tips

grammar

过 + verb/adjective = "excessively X": 过重 (too heavy), 过多 (too many), 过快 (too fast), 过高 (too high). Different from the completed-action 过 (chī guo, "have eaten").

Stroke Order

过 guò

重 zhòng