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正经

zhèng jīng

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 正經

What 正经 means

1. decent
2. honorable
3. proper
4. serious
5. according to standards

The characters in 正经

• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture

Example sentences

• 对事情比较正经严肃。
  Duì shìqing bǐjiào zhèngjīng yánsù.
  Take things a little more seriously.

Words starting with 正经

• 正经事zhèng jīng shìan important matter (sth work-related or productive etc)
• 正经八百zhèng jīng bā bǎivery serious; solemn
• 正经八摆zhèng jīng bā bǎivariant of 正经八百
• 正经八板zhèng jīng bā bǎnsee 正经八百

Words containing 正经

• 一本正经yī běn zhèng jīng(idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan
• 假正经jiǎ zhèng jīngdemure; prudish; hypocritical

Sounds the same

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

• 政经politics and the economy (from 政治; political and economic