| 沉重 | chén zhòng | heavy / hard / serious / critical |   |
| 沉闷 | chén mèn | oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled | |
| 重 |  zhòng | heavy / serious / to attach importance to | |
| 浓郁 | nóng yù | rich / strong / heavy (fragrance) / dense / full-bodied / intense | |
| 重型 | zhòng xíng | heavy / heavy duty / large caliber | |
| 凝重 | níng zhòng | dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding | |
| 厚重 | hòu zhòng | thick / heavy / thickset (body) / massive / generous / extravagant / profound / dignified | |
| 浓重 | nóng zhòng | dense / thick / strong / rich (colors) / heavy (aroma) / deep (friendship) / profound (effect) | |
| 繁重 | fán zhòng | heavy / burdensome / heavy-duty / arduous / onerous | |
| 沉甸甸 | chén diàn diàn | heavy | |
| 笨重 | bèn zhòng | heavy / cumbersome / unwieldy | |
| 浩繁 | hào fán | vast / voluminous / many and varied / numerous / extensive amount of / exhaustive / heavy (expenditure) / arduous / strenuous / exhausting / draining / burdensome | |
| 沉 | chén | to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy | |
| 憨 | hān | silly / simple-minded / foolish / naive / sturdy / tough / heavy (of rope) | |
| 饧 | xíng | maltose syrup / molasses / heavy (eyelids) / drowsy-eyed / listless / (of dough, candy etc) to soften / to become soft and sticky | |
| 沈重 | chén zhòng | heavy (of mood) / serious / somber | |
| 叆叇 | ài dài | (literary) heavy (clouds) / eyeglasses | |
| 提起 | tí qǐ | to mention / to speak of / to lift / to pick up / to arouse / to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) | |
| 大雨 | dà yǔ | heavy rain / CL:場|场[chang2] | |
| 满怀 | mǎn huái | to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young | |
| 重任 | zhòng rèn | heavy responsibility | |
| 帷幕 | wéi mù | heavy curtain | |
| 重创 | zhòng chuāng | to inflict heavy losses / to inflict serious damage | |
| 重金属 | zhòng jīn shǔ | heavy metal | |
| 负重 | fù zhòng | (lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load / to carry a heavy burden | |
| 重负 | zhòng fù | heavy load / heavy burden (also fig. of tax) | |
| 重担 | zhòng dàn | heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility | |
| 酗酒 | xù jiǔ | heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess | |
| 重工 | zhòng gōng | heavy industry | |
| 干涩 | gān sè | dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) | |
| 重物 | zhòng wù | heavy object | |
| 重压 | zhòng yā | high pressure / bearing a heavy weight | |
| 重工业 | zhòng gōng yè | heavy industry / manufacturing | |
| 焦头烂额 | jiāo tóu làn é | lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) | |
| 大块头 | dà kuài tóu | heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug | |
| 栋梁 | dòng liáng | ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) | |
| 重载 | zhòng zài | heavy load (on a truck) | |
| 车水马龙 | chē shuǐ mǎ lóng | endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic | |
| 任重道远 | rèn zhòng dào yuǎn | a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) | |
| 咕咚 | gū dōng | splash / (onom.) for heavy things falling down | |
| 重油 | zhòng yóu | (petrochemistry) heavy oil / fuel oil | |
| 任重 | rèn zhòng | a load / a heavy burden | |
| 浓妆 | nóng zhuāng | heavy makeup and gaudy dress | |
| 重炮 | zhòng pào | heavy artillery | |
| 血雨 | xuè yǔ | rain of blood / heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm | |
| 聚敛 | jù liǎn | to accumulate / to gather / to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means / (science) convergent | |
| 痛击 | tòng jī | to deliver a punishing attack / to deal a heavy blow | |
| 重卡 | zhòng kǎ | heavy truck (abbr. for 重型卡車|重型卡车) | |
| 重责 | zhòng zé | heavy responsibility / serious criticism | |
| 挑大梁 | tiǎo dà liáng | to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility | |
| 重机枪 | zhòng jī qiāng | heavy machine gun | |
| 烟鬼 | yān guǐ | heavy smoker / chain smoker | |
| 重活 | zhòng huó | heavy work | |
| 粗活 | cū huó | unskilled labor / heavy manual work | |
| 重武器 | zhòng wǔ qì | heavy weapon | |
| 轻水 | qīng shuǐ | light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆 | |
| 重水 | zhòng shuǐ | heavy water (chemistry) | |
| 搬 | bān | to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately | |
| 潦 | lǎo | flooded / heavy rain | |
| 抡 | lūn | to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money) | |
| 氲 | yūn | heavy atmosphere | |
| 氘 | dāo | deuterium 2H / heavy hydrogen, isotope of hydrogen having 1 neutron in its nucleus, so atomic weight 2 | |
| 雱 | páng | heavy fall of rain or snow | |
| 霪 | yín | heavy rain | |
| 绋 | fú | heavy rope / rope of a bier | |
| 綍 | fú | heavy rope / ropes of a bier | |
| 騺 | zhì | heavy horse / horse unable to move because of twisted leg / plodding | |
| 度日如年 | dù rì rú nián | a day drags past like a year (idiom) / time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched | |
| 浓墨重彩 | nóng mò zhòng cǎi | thick and heavy in colors / to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom) | |
| 鹅毛大雪 | é máo dà xuě | goose feather snow (idiom) / big heavy snow fall | |
| 尾大不掉 | wěi dà bù diào | large tail obstructs action (idiom) / bottom heavy / fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates | |
| 礮 | pào | ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones / variant of 炮[pao4], cannon | |
| 重机关枪 | zhòng jī guān qiāng | also written 重機槍|重机枪 / heavy machine gun | |
| 鸿毛泰山 | hóng máo Tài Shān | lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another | |
| 鸿毛泰岱 | hóng máo tài dài | light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another | |
| 重元素 | zhòng yuán sù | heavy element (such as uranium) | |
| 重氢 | zhòng qīng | heavy hydrogen (isotope) / deuterium | |
| 果实累累 | guǒ shí lěi lěi | prodigious abundance of fruit (idiom) / fruit hangs heavy on the bow / fertile | |
| 漙 | tuán | heavy dew | |
| 重水反应堆 | zhòng shuǐ fǎn yìng duī | heavy water reactor (HWR) | |
| 重水生产 | zhòng shuǐ shēng chǎn | heavy water production | |
| 交响金属 | jiāo xiǎng jīn shǔ | symphonic metal (pop music) / heavy metal with symphonic pretensions | |
| 问鼎轻重 | wèn dǐng qīng zhòng | lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom) / a laughable attempt to seize power | |
| 夯汉 | hāng hàn | carrier who carries heavy loads on his shoulder (dialect) | |
| 放下包袱 | fàng xia bāo fu | to lay down a heavy burden | |
| 梁木 | liáng mù | beam / rafter / lintel / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) | |
| 老烟枪 | lǎo yān qiāng | heavy smoker / chain smoker / life-long smoker | |
| 老烟鬼 | lǎo yān guǐ | heavy smoker / chain smoker | |
| 重形式轻内容 | zhòng xíng shì qīng nèi róng | heavy on form, light on substance / to stress form at the expense of content | |
| 重核 | zhòng hé | heavy nucleus | |
| 重荷 | zhòng hè | heavy load / heavy burden | |
| 重离子 | zhòng lí zǐ | heavy ion (physics) | |
| 铁镁质 | tiě měi zhì | mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates) | |
| 高压手段 | gāo yā shǒu duàn | high-handed (measures) / with a heavy hand | |
| 鳌背负山 | áo bèi fù shān | debt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back | |
| 重型运水卡车 | | heavy water truck | |
| 重型运水拖车 | | heavy water trailer | |
| 重型起重卡车 | | heavy crane truck | |
| 高阻力雷场 | gāo zǔ lì léi chǎng | heavy minefield | |
| 重型救险车 | | heavy recovery truck / wrecker / heavy recovery vehicle | |
