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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 正音

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
正音 zhèng yīn - standard pronunciation
- to correct sb's pronunciation

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
- - 78,431 87,368 73,485

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
yīn- sound
- noise
- note (of musical scale)
- tone
- news
- syllable
- reading (phonetic value of a character)

Other Words Containing 正音

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
正音 - - 78,431 87,368 73,485