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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 儿 | rén | - variant of 人[ren2] - "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc |
| 儿 | ér | - child - son |
| 儿 | r | - non-syllabic diminutive suffix - retroflex final |
| 八 | bā | - eight |
| 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 正儿八经
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 正儿八经 | - | - | 34,570 | 44,367 | 23,990 |