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正常

zhèng cháng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

正常 (zhèng cháng) means "regular". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 正常 means

1. normal; regular

The characters in 正常

• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
• 常chángalways; ever; often

Example sentences

• 很正常。
  That's normal.
• 一切正常。
  Everything is normal.
• 它很正常。
  It's very normal.
• 一切正常！
  All right!
• 我看这不正常。
  This doesn't seem normal to me.
• 有点怕很正常。
  It's normal to be a little afraid.

Words starting with 正常

• 正常化zhèng cháng huànormalization (of diplomatic relations etc)
• 正常工作zhèng cháng gōng zuònormal operation; proper functioning
• 正常成本zhèng cháng chéng běnnormal cost (accountancy)
• 正常菌群zhèng cháng jūn qúnmicrobiome; microbiota

Words containing 正常

• 非正常fēi zhèng chángabnormal; irregular
• 不正常bù zhèng chángabnormal

Where 正常 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Descriptions & quality (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhèng cháng correctly.
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