zhòng

technical
verb

Meaning of 重读

重读 means to stress; to emphasize a syllable in pronunciation. Pronounced zhòng dú.

  • to stress; to emphasize a syllable in pronunciation

Definitions & Examples

Zài
 
shí
tou
 
zhè
ge
 
ge
yīn
jié
yào
zhòng
 

In the word 'stone', the first syllable needs to be stressed.

 
guò
nián
 
zhè
ge
 
zhòng
 
guò
 
biǎo
shì
 
míng
nián
 
 
zhòng
 
nián
 
biǎo
shì
 
guò
xīn
nián
 
 

For the phrase 'guonian', stressing 'guo' means 'next year', while stressing 'nian' means 'to celebrate the New Year'.

Yīng
hàn
dōu
yǒu
zhòng
guī
 

Both English and Chinese have stress rules.

Lǎo
shī
jiāo
men
zhèng
què
zhòng
duō
yīn
jié
 

The teacher taught us how to correctly stress polysyllabic words.

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