浓 (nóng): concentrated, dense, strong (smell etc)
浓 (nóng) is a Chinese character meaning “concentrated.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 农 (phonetic). It ranks #1574 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 浓 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- concentrated
- dense
- strong (smell etc)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 浓
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浓度 | nóng dù | concentration (percentage of dissolved material in a solution) |
| 浓缩 | nóng suō | to concentrate |
| 浓密 | nóng mì | thick |
| 浓烟 | nóng yān | thick smoke |
| 浓汤 | nóng tāng | thick soup |
| 浓雾 | nóng wù | thick fog |
| 浓郁 | nóng yù | rich |
| 浓妆艳抹 | nóng zhuāng yàn mǒ | to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom) |
| 浓烈 | nóng liè | strong (taste, flavor, smell) |
| 浓重 | nóng zhòng | dense |
| 浓香 | nóng xiāng | strong fragrance |
| 浓缩铀 | nóng suō yóu | enriched uranium |
| 浓艳 | nóng yàn | (of colors) garish |
| 浓墨重彩 | nóng mò zhòng cǎi | thick and heavy in colors |
| 浓淡 | nóng dàn | shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark) |
浓 appears in 31 compound words: 71 as the first character, 10 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 浓 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
这杯咖啡太浓了，我需要加点牛奶。
Zhè bēi kāfēi tài nóng le, wǒ xūyào jiā diǎn niúnǎi.
This cup of coffee is too strong; I need to add some milk.
柴火灶里烧出的“团聚”,藏着最浓的奉贤年味丨有一种..
chái huǒ zào lǐ shāo chū de tuán jù , zàng zhe zuì nóng de fèng xián nián wèi 丨 yǒu yī zhǒng . .
The "reunion" burned in the wood stove hides the strongest Fengxian New Year's flavor丨There is a kind:
这场新春之约,让更多家庭感受到浓浓暖意
zhè chǎng xīn chūn zhī yāo , ràng gēng duō jiā tíng gǎn shòu dào nóng nóng nuǎn yì
This New Year's date will make more families feel the warmth.
...北文旅集团AI守岁人护新春 科技赋能年味浓
. . . běi wén lǚ jí tuán shǒu suì rén hù xīn chūn kē jì fù néng nián wèi nóng
... North Culture and Tourism Group AI year-keeper to protect the New Year Technology empowers the New Year's flavor
...近2000倍 日本石川县一处地下水检出高浓度有..
. . . jìn bèi rì běn shí chuān xiàn yī chǔ dì xià shuǐ jiǎn chū gāo nóng dù yǒu . .
...nearly 2,000 times higher than normal. High concentrations of... were detected in groundwater at a site in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
通讯|荷兰海牙市政厅洋溢浓浓年味儿
tōng xùn hé lán hǎi yá shì zhèng tīng yáng yì nóng nóng nián wèi ér
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浓雾使道路很难看清。
Nóngwù shǐ dàolù hěn nánkàn qīng.
The thick fog made it hard to see the road.
小林的眉毛长得浓，眼睛又大，睫毛很长。
Xiǎolín de méimao zhǎngde nóng, yǎnjing yòu dà, jiémáo hěn cháng.
Xiaolin's eyebrows are thick, his eyes are big, and his eyelashes are long.
信浓川比日本的任何一条河川更长。
Xìn nóng chuān bǐ Rìběn de rènhé yī tiáo héchuān gèng cháng.
The Shinano River is longer than any river in Japan.
我父亲喜欢浓咖啡。
Wǒ fùqīn xǐhuan nóng kāfēi.
My father likes strong coffee.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced nóng
Frequently Asked Questions
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