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经

jīng

HSK 2 Character Traditional 經

What 经 means

1. classics
2. sacred book
3. scripture
4. to pass through
5. to undergo
6. to bear
7. to endure
8. warp (textile)
9. longitude
10. menstruation
11. channel (TCM)
12. abbr. for economics {经济|jīng jì}

Other readings

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

• Jīngsurname Jing

Example sentences

• 他经常在线。
  Tā jīngcháng zàixiàn.
  He is always online.
• 我经常打嗝。
  Wǒ jīngcháng dǎgé.
  I often hiccup.
• 他经验丰富。
  Tā jīngyànfēngfù.
  He has ample experience.
• 他经常翘课。
  Tā jīngcháng qiàokè.
  He is often absent from school.
• 已经9点了。
  It's already nine o'clock.
• 经济怎幺样？
  How is the economy?

Words starting with 经

• 经济jīng jìeconomy; economic
• 经过jīng guòto pass; to go through; process
• 经常jīng chángfrequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
• 经理jīng lǐmanager; director
• 经历jīng lìto experience; to go through; experience
• 经验jīng yànexperience; to go through; to experience
• 经营jīng yíngto engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
• 经典jīng diǎnthe classics; scriptures; classical
• 经费jīng fèifunds; expenditure
• 经商jīng shāngto trade; to carry out commercial activities; in business
• 经纬jīng wěiwarp and woof; longitude and latitude; main points
• 经济学jīng jì xuéeconomics (as a field of study)
• 经济学家jīng jì xué jiāeconomist
• 经销商jīng xiāo shāngdealer; seller; distributor
• 经贸jīng màoeconomy and trade (abbr. for 经济贸易
• 经纪人jīng jì rénbroker; middleman; agent
• 经营者jīng yíng zhěexecutive; manager; transactor
• 经受jīng shòuto undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand
• 经文jīng wénscripture; scriptures
• 经由jīng yóuvia
• 经不起jīng bu qǐcan't stand it; to be unable to bear; to be unable to resist
• 经销jīng xiāoto sell; to sell on commission; to distribute
• 经纪jīng jìto manage (a business); manager; broker
• 经得起jīng de qǐto be able to withstand; to be able to endure

Words containing 经

• 已经yǐ jīngalready
• 曾经céng jīngonce; already; former
• 神经shén jīngnerve; mental state; (colloquial) unhinged
• 正经zhèng jīngdecent; honorable; proper
• 饱经沧桑bǎo jīng cāng sānghaving lived through many changes
• 未经wèi jīngnot having undergone; without (having gone though a certain process)
• 总经理zǒng jīng lǐgeneral manager; CEO
• 财经cái jīngfinance and economics
• 市场经济shì chǎng jīng jìmarket economy
• 圣经Shèng jīngthe Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures
• 不经意bù jīng yìnot paying attention; carelessly; by accident
• 历经lì jīngto experience; to go through
• 月经yuè jīngmenstruation; a woman's period
• 一本正经yī běn zhèng jīng(idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan
• 国民经济guó mín jīng jìnational economy
• 一经yī jīngas soon as; once (an action has been completed)
• 漫不经心màn bù jīng xīncareless; heedless; absent-minded
• 计划经济jì huà jīng jìplanned economy
• 神经病shén jīng bìngmental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case
• 途经tú jīngto pass through; via; by way of
• 神经质shén jīng zhìnervous; on edge; excitable
• 佛经fó jīngBuddhist texts; Buddhist scripture
• 政治经济学zhèng zhì jīng jì xuépolitical economy
• 念经niàn jīngto recite or chant Buddhist scripture

Characters built on 工

These share the phonetic component 工 (gōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 轻qīnglight; easy; gentle
• 径jìngfootpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
• 颈jǐngneck
• 氢qīnghydrogen (chemistry)
• 茎jīngstalk; stem
• 烃tīnghydrocarbon
• 痉jìngspasm
• 泾JīngJing River

Characters that look like 经

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

• 轻qīnglight; easy; gentle
• 绞jiǎoto twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring
• 烃tīnghydrocarbon
• 挟xié(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce…
• 轭èyoke
• 胫jìnglower part of leg

Sounds the same

Read jīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 京capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old)
• 睛eye; eyeball
• 精essence; extract; vitality
• 惊to startle; to be frightened; to be scared
• 晶crystal
• 茎stalk; stem
• 兢to be fearful; apprehensive
• 菁leek flower; lush; luxuriant
• 荆chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a…
• 泾Jing River
• 鲸whale
• 旌banner; make manifest