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端正 duānzhèng

端正 duānzhèng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 端正 duānzhèng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
duānzhèng | duan1 zheng4
English translation
upright
regular
proper
correct

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Traditional form

端正 duānzhèng

Part of speech

Other proper nouns / 其他专名 Qítā zhuān míng
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Etymology of 端正 duānzhèng

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duān

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and duān represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

duān

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

立耑

Number of Strokes

14
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

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Example sentences using 端正 duānzhèng

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这家副食店 zài 墙上端端正正 guà zhāo Zhāng 服务 fú wù 公约 gōng yuē .

There hangs straight on the wall of this grocery a service pledge.

suī qióng ,人品 rén pǐn què hěn 端正 duānzhèng .

She is poor but quite respectable.

善于 shànyú 倾听 qīngtīng de rén 甚至 shènzhì 坐姿 hěn 坦荡 tǎn dàng 端正 duānzhèng 身体 shēntǐ 放松 fàngsōng 双臂 shuāng bì 自然 zìrán 下垂 xià chuí

Good listeners even sit in an open way: relaxed, arms loose.

迄今为止 qìjīnwéizhǐ 这支军队 jūnduì 作风 zuòfēng 端正 duānzhèng

The troops have been remarkably well-behaved so far.

怄气 òu qì dào :“态度 tàidu 端正 duānzhèng

"You haven't got the right attitude," he said sulkily.

端正 duānzhèng Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 端正 duānzhèng and their own compounds.

端正 duānzhèng Compounds

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

  • duān
    • 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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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