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Upright in Chinese: 端正 (duān zhèng)

duān zhèng

upright

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1upright
  2. 2regular
  3. 3proper
  4. 4correct

Stroke order

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端
正

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ㄉㄨㄢ

duān

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄓㄥˋ

zhèng

ㄓ/ zhㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他写的每个字都很端正。

    tā xiě de měi gè zì dōu hěn duān zhèng。

    Every character he writes is neat and proper.

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Related words

正

zhèng

straight

端

duān

end

正在

zhèng zài

just at (that time)

真正

zhēn zhèng

genuine

正常

zhèng cháng

regular

正好

zhèng hǎo

just (in time)

正确

zhèng què

correct

正式

zhèng shì

formal

反正

fǎn zhèng

anyway

改正

gǎi zhèng

to correct

正是

zhèng shì

is precisely

公正

gōng zhèng

just

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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