Serious in Chinese
serious · HSK 3
认真
- 认 to recognize
- 真 real
她学习非常认真。 She studies very conscientiously.
Other ways to say serious
More words with 认 or 真
How do you say serious in Chinese?
Serious in Chinese is 认真 (rèn zhēn). You can also say 严重 (yán zhòng), 严肃 (yán sù), 重 (zhòng), 厉害 (lì hai).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.