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正直

zhèng zhí

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

正直 (zhèng zhí) means "upright; upstanding; honest". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 正直 means

1. upright
2. upstanding
3. honest

The characters in 正直

• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable

Example sentences

• 他十分正直。
  Tā shífēn zhèngzhí.
  He is very honest.

Words containing 正直

• 口嫌体正直kǒu xián tǐ zhèng zhíyour lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think…

Sounds the same

Read zhèng zhí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 正值just at the time of; honest; upright
• 正职main job; day job; steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual)

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