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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 正式

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
正式 zhèng shì - formal; official

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
4 3 1,664 767 1,640

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
式 shì- type
- form
- pattern
- style

Other Words Containing 正式

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
正式 4 3 1,664 767 1,640
非正式 - - 11,786 17,641 33,098