"Serious" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 严重 | yán zhòng | grave / serious / severe / critical |   |
| 认真 | rèn zhēn | conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart | |
| 尊重 | zūn zhòng | to esteem / to respect / to honor / to value / eminent / serious / proper | |
| 沉重 | chén zhòng | heavy / hard / serious / critical | |
| 严肃 | yán sù | solemn / grave / serious / earnest / severe | |
| 郑重 | zhèng zhòng | serious / solemn / earnest / conscientious | |
| 大不了 | dà bù liǎo | at worst / if worst comes to worst / (usu. in the negative) serious / alarming | |
| 利害 |  lì hai | terrible / formidable / serious / devastating / tough / capable / sharp / severe / fierce | |
| 正经 | zhèng jīng | decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards | |
| 重 | zhòng | heavy / serious / to attach importance to | |
| 当真 | dāng zhēn | to take seriously / serious / No joking, really! | |
| 当真 | dàng zhēn | to take seriously / serious / No joking, really! | |
| 重度 | zhòng dù | serious / severe | |
| 重磅 | zhòng bàng | heavyweight / serious | |
| 较真 | jiào zhēn | serious / in earnest | |
| 整肃 | zhěng sù | strict / serious / solemn / dignified / to tidy up / to clean up / to purge / to adjust | |
| 岸然 | àn rán | solemn / serious | |
| 笃 | dǔ | serious (illness) / sincere / true | |
| 正儿八经 | zhèng ér bā jīng | serious / earnest / real / true | |
| 大条 | dà tiáo | (used to modify 事情[shi4 qing5]) serious / grave | |
| 火灾 | huǒ zāi | serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) | |
| 加重 | jiā zhòng | to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc) | |
| 重伤 | zhòng shāng | seriously hurt / serious injury | |
| 不得了 | bù dé liǎo | desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly | |
| 不要紧 | bù yào jǐn | unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but | |
| 喝茶 | hē chá | to drink tea / to get engaged / to have a serious conversation / (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") | |
| 存活 | cún huó | to survive (a serious accident) / survival | |
| 重创 | zhòng chuāng | to inflict heavy losses / to inflict serious damage | |
| 轻重 | qīng zhòng | severity (of the case) / degree of seriousness / whether sth is slight or serious | |
| 考量 | kǎo liáng | to consider / to give serious consideration to sth / consideration | |
| 大病 | dà bìng | serious illness | |
| 重病 | zhòng bìng | serious illness | |
| 脚踏实地 | jiǎo tà shí dì | to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) / realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character | |
| 严重后果 | yán zhòng hòu guǒ | grave consequence / serious repercussion | |
| 草率 | cǎo shuài | careless / negligent / sloppy / not serious | |
| 病魔 | bìng mó | serious illness | |
| 深重 | shēn zhòng | very serious / grave / profound | |
| 大过 | dà guò | serious mistake / major demerit | |
| 不打紧 | bù dǎ jǐn | unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind | |
| 轻者 | qīng zhě | less serious case / in less severe cases | |
| 郑重其事 | zhèng zhòng qí shì | serious about the matter | |
| 重罪 | zhòng zuì | serious crime / felony | |
| 抚恤 | fǔ xù | (of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered serious injury | |
| 重挫 | zhòng cuò | devastating setback / slump (in stock market etc) / crushing defeat / to cause a serious setback / to plummet | |
| 重责 | zhòng zé | heavy responsibility / serious criticism | |
| 重犯 | zhòng fàn | serious criminal / felon | |
| 正经八百 | zhèng jīng bā bǎi | very serious / solemn | |
| 伤筋动骨 | shāng jīn dòng gǔ | to suffer serious injury (idiom) | |
| 暴病 | bào bìng | sudden attack of a serious illness | |
| 燃眉 | rán méi | to burn one's eyebrows / fig. desperately serious situation | |
| 蝼蛄 | lóu gū | mole cricket / Gryllolaptaptidae, family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera (a serious agricultural pest) | |
| 俳 | pái | not serious / variety show | |
| 重于泰山 | zhòng yú Tài Shān | heavier than Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. extremely serious matter | |
| 兹事体大 | zī shì tǐ dà | this is no small thing (idiom) / to have a serious matter at hand | |
| 闭门觅句 | bì mén mì jù | lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom) / fig. the serious hard work of writing | |
| 铸成大错 | zhù chéng dà cuò | to make a serious mistake (idiom) | |
| 诚笃 | chéng dǔ | honest / sincere and serious | |
| 严重关切 | yán zhòng guān qiè | serious concern | |
| 严重问题 | yán zhòng wèn tí | serious problem | |
| 越来越严重 | yuè lái yuè yán zhòng | to become more serious every day | |
| 中箭落马 | zhòng jiàn luò mǎ | lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse / to suffer a serious setback (idiom) | |
| 严加申饬 | yán jiā shēn chì | serious warning | |
| 严重破坏 | yán zhòng pò huài | serious damage | |
| 沈重 | chén zhòng | heavy (of mood) / serious / somber | |
| 说说而已 | shuō shuō ér yǐ | nothing serious / just hot air | |
| 重案 | zhòng àn | major case / serious crime | |
| 鼻青眼肿 | bí qīng yǎn zhǒng | a black eye (idiom) / serious injury to the face / fig. a setback / a defeat | |
| 前南斯拉夫问题国际刑事法庭 | qián nán sī lā fú wèn tí guó jì xíng shì fǎ tíng | International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 / International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia / Internati | |
| 重罪调查股 | Serious Crime Investigation Unit | | |
| 卢旺达问题国际刑事法庭 | lú wàng dá wèn tí guó jì xíng shì fǎ tíng | International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violat | |
| 卢旺达问题国际法庭 | lú wàng dá wèn tí guó jì fǎ tíng | International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violat | |
| 卢旺达问题国际法庭规约 | Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Ot | | |
| 前南问题国际刑事法庭规约 | Statute of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 / Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for th | | |
| 重罪调查小组 | Serious Crimes Investigation Team | | |
| 重罪特别审判小组 | Special Panel for Serious Crimes | | |
| 重罪股 | Serious Crimes Unit | | |
| 严重罪行 | crimes of a serious nature | | |
| 交通肇事罪 | jiāo tōng zhào shì zuì | culpable driving causing serious damage or injury | |
| 重者 | zhòng zhě | more serious case / in extreme cases | |
| 非诚勿扰 | fēi chéng wù rǎo | serious inquiries only | |
| 伤筋断骨 | shāng jīn duàn gǔ | to suffer serious injury (idiom) | |
| 𤶊 | guài | (literary) serious illness / (Cantonese) variant of 攰[gui4] | |
| 动真格 | dòng zhēn gé | to get serious about sth / to pull no punches / to be determined to see sth through | |
| 大碍 | dà ài | (usually used in the negative) major issue / serious problem / big deal | |
| 命大 | mìng dà | lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury) | |
