Chinese symbol for “aggravate”
加重
jiā zhòng
to make heavier; to emphasize; (of an illness etc) to become more serious; to aggravate (a bad situation)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for aggravate is 加重 (jiā zhòng), defined as: to make heavier; to emphasize; (of an illness etc) to become more serious; to aggravate (a bad situation); to increase (a burden, punishment etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “aggravate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 变本加厉 (變本加厲) | biàn běn jiā lì | lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming); to aggravate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 加重.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 参加 (參加) | cān jiā | to participate; to take part; to join |
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 加入 | jiā rù | to become a member; to join |
| 加强 (加強) | jiā qiáng | to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance |
| 更加 | gèng jiā | more (than sth else); even more |
| 加上 | jiā shàng | to add; plus; in addition; moreover |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 严重 (嚴重) | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
See also: Japanese symbol for “aggravate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.