浓重

• Pinyin: nóng zhòng
• Hanzi breakdown: 浓 = 氵 (water) + 农 (farming) — dense liquid; 重 = 千 (thousand) + 里 (li/village) — a great weight pressing down

Meaning

Dense; heavy; thick; deep in a weighty or oppressive sense. Used for colours, accents, atmospheres, or moods of strong intensity.

Often used for things that feel heavy or pressing: a strong regional accent (口音浓重), dense fog (浓重的雾霾), a deep sense of crisis (危机感浓重), or a dark oppressive atmosphere. Unlike 浓郁 which is pleasant, 浓重 is often neutral or carries a sense of weight.

Examples

1. 他说话时带着浓重的四川口音，初次见面的外地同事需要仔细聆听才能完全听懂。 He spoke with a strong Sichuan accent, so colleagues from other regions who met him for the first time had to listen carefully to fully understand him.
2. 入秋以后，这座工业城市上空经常笼罩着浓重的雾霾，给市民的出行和健康带来严重影响。 After autumn begins, thick smog often hangs over this industrial city, severely affecting residents’ travel and health.
3. 这幅画以浓重的墨色和大块的留白构成强烈对比，透露出画家对生命无常的深沉思考。 This painting uses heavy ink tones set against large areas of blank space to create a stark contrast, revealing the artist’s profound reflection on the unpredictability of life.

Usage Guide

Context: language, environment, art, atmosphere

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 他的演讲中充满了浓重的悲观情绪，认为当前的经济困境在短期内根本无法得到根本性的改善。(His speech was suffused with a heavy sense of pessimism, expressing the view that the current economic difficulties could not be fundamentally resolved in the near term.)
• 这部战争题材的电影营造了浓重的压抑气氛，通过色调、音效和叙事节奏的精心设计，让观众切身感受到战场上的恐惧与绝望。(This war film creates a dense, oppressive atmosphere, using careful design of colour tone, sound effects, and narrative pacing to make audiences viscerally feel the fear and despair of the battlefield.)

Don't Say

• 将'浓重'用于令人愉悦的香气或文化，如'浓重的花香' — 浓重 implies heaviness or oppressiveness; for pleasant intensity, use 浓郁 instead (e.g. 浓郁的花香)

Origin & History

浓 (thick/dense) + 重 (heavy/deep) — emphasising heaviness of density

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal