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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 一本正经
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 一本正经 | yī běn - zhèng jīng | - (idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 21,181 | 25,414 | 22,865 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | - one - single - a (article) - as soon as - entire; whole; all; throughout - "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) - also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 本 | běn | - (bound form) root; stem - (bound form) origin; source - (bound form) one's own; this - (bound form) this; the current (year etc) - (bound form) original - (bound form) inherent - originally; initially - capital; principal - classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 正 | zhēng | - first month of the lunar year |
| 正 | zhèng | - straight - upright - proper - main - principal - to correct - to rectify - exactly - just (at that time) - right (in that place) - (math.) positive |
| 经 | jīng | - surname Jing |
| 经 | jīng | - classics - sacred book - scripture - to pass through - to undergo - to bear - to endure - warp (textile) - longitude - menstruation - channel (TCM) - abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4] |
Other Words Containing 一本正经
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 一本正经 | - | - | 21,181 | 25,414 | 22,865 |