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郑

zhèng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 鄭

What 郑 means

1. used in {郑重|zhèng zhòng}

Other readings

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

• ZhèngZheng, a Zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng {新郑|Xīn zhèng}, a coun

Example sentences

• 从上海坐火车到郑州需几个小时？
  Cóng Shànghǎi zuò huǒchē dào Zhèngzhōu xū jǐge xiǎoshí?
  How long would a train from Shanghai to Zhengzhou take?

Words starting with 郑

• 郑重zhèng zhòngserious; solemn; earnest
• 郑和Zhèng HéZheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer
• 郑州市Zhèng zhōu ShìZhengzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Henan Province 河南省
• 郑重其事zhèng zhòng qí shìserious about the matter
• 郑成功Zhèng Chéng gōngKoxinga (1624-1662), military leader
• 郑伊健Zhèng Yī jiànEkin Cheng (1967-), Hong Kong actor and pop singer
• 郑码Zhèng mǎZheng coding; original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by…
• 郑声Zhèng shēngfolk music of the state of Zheng 郑; lascivious, decadent music
• 郑光祖Zhèng Guāng zǔZheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the…
• 郑国渠Zhèng guó qúZhengguo canal, a 150 km long irrigation canal in Shaanxi built in 264 BC
• 郑梦准Zhèng Mèng zhǔnChung Mongjoon (1951-), Korean magnate and the founder of Hyundai 现代
• 郑易里Zhèng Yì lǐZheng Yili (1906-2002), translator, editor and lexicographer, creator of the Zheng coding
• 郑人争年Zhèng rén zhēng niánMen of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom); a futile quarrel
• 郑人买履zhèng rén mǎi lǚ(lit.) the person from Zheng 郑; (fig.) disregarding the sensible approach in favor of…
• 郑州大学Zhèng zhōu Dà xuéZhengzhou University
• 郑裕玲Zhèng Yù língCarol "Dodo" Cheng Yu-Ling (1957-), Hong Kong actress and TV host
• 郑幸娟Zhèng Xìng juānZheng Xingjuan (1989–), Chinese female high jumper
• 郑玄Zhèng XuánZheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar
• 郑州Zhèng zhōusee 郑州市

Words containing 郑

• 林郑Lín ZhèngCarrie Lam (1957-), chief executive of Hong Kong 2017-, full name 林郑月娥
• 雅郑yǎ zhèngcourt music and vulgar music (i.e. 雅乐
• 南郑区Nán zhèng QūNanzheng, a district of Hanzhong City 汉中市
• 新郑市Xīn zhèng ShìXinzheng, a county-level city in Zhengzhou City 郑州市
• 兰郑长管道Lán Zhèng Cháng guǎn dàoLanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline
• 兰郑长成品油管道Lán Zhèng Cháng chéng pǐn yóu guǎn dàoLanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline
• 南郑Nán zhèngsee 南郑区
• 新郑Xīn zhèngsee 新郑市

Characters that look like 郑

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

• 耶yē(phonetic ye)
• 郎láng(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status
• 郊jiāosuburbs; outskirts
• 邳Pīsurname Pi; Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu; also pr. Péi
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…
• 郅zhìextremely; very

Sounds the same

Read zhèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 正straight; upright; proper
• 证to admonish; variant of 证
• 政political; politics; government
• 挣to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
• 症disease; illness
• 怔(dialect) to stare blankly; to be in a daze; Taiwan pr. lèng
• 铮(dialect; bound form) shiny; gleaming; Taiwan pr. zhēng
• 诤to admonish; to warn sb of their errors; to criticize frankly