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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 正儿八经

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
正儿八经 zhèng ér bā jīng - serious
- earnest
- real
- true

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
- - 34,570 44,367 23,990

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhēng- first month of the lunar year
zhèng- straight
- upright
- proper
- main
- principal
- to correct
- to rectify
- exactly
- just (at that time)
- right (in that place)
- (math.) positive
rén- variant of 人[ren2]
- "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc
ér- child
- son
r- non-syllabic diminutive suffix
- retroflex final
- eight
jīng- surname Jing
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 正儿八经

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
正儿八经 - - 34,570 44,367 23,990