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正经 zhèngjīng

正经 zhèngjīng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 正经 zhèngjīng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhèngjīng | zheng4 jing1
English translation
decent
honorable
proper
serious
according to standards

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Traditional form

正經

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 正经 zhèngjīng

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zhēng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a foot ( zhǐ ) heading toward a city. Based on the original meaning "go on a military campaign", now written as zhēng . The meaning later shifted to "power", "rule" ( zhèng ), and "correct" ( zhēng ).

Positional decomposition

一止

Number of Strokes

5
Jīng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of jīng . Pictograph of a loom for weaving. In a loom threads have to pass through each other.

Phonetic compound

gōng

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

⿱? gōng

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 正经 zhèngjīng

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shuì 正经 zhèngjīng de , 应该 yīnggāi shǎo 点烟, 知道 zhīdào ?

Joking apart, you ought to smoke fewer cigarettes, you know.

既然 jìrán 已经 yǐjīng 安顿下来 le 为什么 wèishénme 开始 kāishǐ 正经 zhèngjīng 地学 diǎn 东西 dōngxī ne

Now you're settled, why don't you take up some serious study?

穿 chuān shǎng 一套 yī tào 细条纹西装 xī zhuāng Hòu 马上 mǎshàng jiù 显得 xiǎnde 一本正经 yī běn zhèng jīng 起来 qǐlai

In a pinstriped suit he instantly looked like a stuffed shirt.

妇人 fù rén 冷冷地看着说道 shuō dào :“ Bié méi 正经 zhèngjīng le

The woman eyed him coldly. "Don't be facetious," she said.

shì 一本正经 yī běn zhèng jīng 寡言少语 de rén

He was a serious, silent man.

正经 zhèngjīng Decomposition

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正经 zhèngjīng Compounds

See all 118 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 正经 zhèngjīng in their composition.

  • zhēng
    • shì
      • , , shī , , , , , , wěi , shí , shí , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , wěi ,
    • dìng
      • zhàn , diàn , dìng , diàn , , dìng , dìng , dìng , dìng , dìng , , , , , zhàn , , , ,
    • Chǔ
      • chù , chù , Chǔ , , , chǔ ,
    • zhèng
    • zhēng
    • Yán
    • xuán
      • xuán , xuán , xuán , xuàn , xuàn , , ,
    • xiè
    • yān
      • niān , yàn , yān , yān , yān , , ,
    • gāng
      • gāng
    • zhèng , zhěng , zhèng , wāi , zhēng , , , , zhēng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
  • Jīng
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