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正经

zhèng jīng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 正經

正经 (zhèng jīng) means "decent; honorable; proper". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

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

Where 正经 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhèng–zhēng (HSK 6), 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 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhèng jīng correctly.
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