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净

jìng

HSK 3 Character Traditional 淨

What 净 means

1. clean
2. completely
3. only
4. net (income, exports etc)
5. (Chinese opera) painted face male role

Other readings

净 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jìngvariant of {净|jìng}

Example sentences

• 浴室干净吗？
  Is the bath clean?
• 教室很干净。
  The classroom is clean.
• 厨房不干净。
  The kitchen is not clean.
• 雨水是干净的。
  Yǔshuǐ shì gānjìng de.
  Rainwater is clean.
• 你的手干净吗?
  Are your hands clean?
• 样本不够纯净。
  The sample is not pure enough.

Words starting with 净

• 净化jìng huàto purify
• 净土Jìng tǔ(Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate…
• 净利润jìng lì rùnnet profit
• 净值jìng zhínet value; net worth
• 净水jìng shuǐpurified water; to purify water
• 净身jìng shēnto purify one's body (i.e. to get castrated)
• 净利jìng lìnet profit
• 净手jìng shǒuto wash one's hands; (fig.) to go to the toilet
• 净尽jìng jìnto eliminate; to purge
• 净重jìng zhòngnet weight
• 净高jìng gāo(architecture) clear height; vertical clearance…
• 净利率jìng lì lǜnet profit margin; net margin
• 净含量jìng hán liàngnet weight
• 净土宗Jìng tǔ zōngPure Land Buddhism
• 净收入jìng shōu rùnet income; net profit
• 净水器jìng shuǐ qìwater purifier
• 净现值jìng xiàn zhínet present value (NPV)
• 净身出户jìng shēn chū hùto leave a marriage with nothing (no possessions or property)
• 净零jìng língnet zero (net-zero carbon emissions)

Words containing 净

• 干净gān jìngclean; neat
• 纯净chún jìngpure; clean; unmixed
• 清净qīng jìngpeaceful; quiet; tranquil
• 洗净xǐ jìngto wash clean
• 洁净jié jìngclean; to cleanse
• 一干二净yī gān èr jìngthoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all
• 白净bái jìng(of skin) fair and clear
• 纯净水chún jìng shuǐpurified water
• 明净míng jìngbright and clean; luminous
• 干净利落gān jìng lì luosqueaky clean; neat and tidy; efficient
• 素净sù jingsimple and neat; quiet (colors); unobtrusive
• 除净chú jìngto remove completely; to eliminate; to cleanse from
• 市净率shì jìng lǜ(finance) price-to-book ratio
• 不干不净bù gān bù jìngunclean; filthy; foul-mouthed
• 耳根清净ěr gēn qīng jìnglit. ears pure and peaceful (idiom); to stay away from the filth and unrest of the world
• 眼不见为净yǎn bù jiàn wéi jìngwhat remains unseen is deemed to be clean; what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't…
• 空气净化器kōng qì jìng huà qìair purifier
• 手脚不干净shǒu jiǎo bù gān jìngthieving; light-fingered; prone to stealing
• 明窗净几míng chuāng jìng jīlit. clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean (room)
• 窗明几净chuāng míng jī jìnglit. clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean
• 吃干抹净chī gān mā jìng(idiom) to devour (food); (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit
• 匀净yún jìngeven; uniform
• 沙悟净Shā Wù jìngSha Wujing, aka Friar Sand or Sandy, one of the three disciples of the Buddhist monk Tang…
• 涤净dí jìngto cleanse; to purge

Characters that look like 净

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 济jìto cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
• 帝dì(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
• 冷lěngcold
• 冻dòngto freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly
• 亭tíngpavilion; booth; kiosk
• 沸fèito boil

Sounds the same

Read jìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 境border; place; condition
• 静still; calm; quiet
• 竟unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to
• 竞to compete; to contend; to struggle
• 镜mirror; lens
• 敬(bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
• 径footpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
• 靓to make up (one's face); to dress; (of one's dress) beautiful
• 靖(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress
• 婧(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented
• 劲stalwart; sturdy; strong
• 迳used in personal names and place names