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zhèng

straight; upright; correct

adverbalso adjectiveHSK 3.0 word list · Band 2
Dictionary entry

straight; upright; proper

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself stroke by stroke, then hands you the brush to trace it yourself.

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See it in sentences

他正吃饭呢。

Tā zhèng chī fàn ne.

English

He is right in the middle of eating.

我正想着这件事。

Wǒ zhèng xiǎng zhe zhè jiàn shì.

English

I was just thinking about this.

Goes with

  • 正在in the process of
Built with this character · 7 words

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

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