zhèng

正

straight, right, proper, correct, just, true

HSK 2.0 · 5 HSK 3.0 · 1
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03 · Details

Meaning, words & where you learn it

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Words with 正

正在 zhèng zài just at (that time); right in (that place) HSK 1
真正 zhēn zhèng genuine; real; true; really; indeed HSK 2
正常 zhèng cháng regular; normal HSK 2
正确 zhèng què correct; sound; right; proper HSK 2
正是 zhèng shì is precisely HSK 2
正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right HSK 2
正式 zhèng shì formal; official HSK 3
反正 fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case HSK 3
改正 gǎi zhèng to correct; to amend HSK 4
公正 gōng zhèng just; fair; equitable HSK 5
正义 zhèng yì justice; righteousness HSK 5
正规 zhèng guī regular; according to standards HSK 5

Examples from your lessons

  • 妈妈正在做蛋糕呢。 Mom is making a cake right now. Lesson 23
  • 你给我打电话的时候,我正在开会。 When you called me, I was in a meeting. Lesson 23
  • 我正在准备晚饭。有什么事情吗? I'm preparing dinner. What's up? Lesson 23
  • 你给我打电话的时候,我正在开车。 When you called me, I was driving. Lesson 120
  • 爸爸正在做饭,妈妈正在买蛋糕。 Dad is cooking and Mom is buying a cake. 妹妹的生日
  • 我正在给妹妹写一张生日卡。 I'm writing a birthday card for my sister. 妹妹的生日

Character facts

Radical
止 to stop, to halt; to detain; to…
Parts
一 + 止
Structure
Top–bottom
Unicode
U+6B63

Ideographic: A foot 止 stopping in the right place 一