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正常

zhèngcháng

normal

A person walking on a straight path
Memory picture

Characters in this word

正 zhèng

Strokes
5
Radical
止 — to stop, to halt
Made of
一 one 止 to stop, to halt
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

常 cháng

Strokes
11
Radical
巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
Made of
尚 still, yet 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我今天正常上班。 Wǒ jīntiān zhèngcháng shàngbān. I go to work normally today.
  • 他的身体正常。 Tā de shēntǐ zhèngcháng. His body is normal.
  • 这里一切正常。 Zhèlǐ yíqiè zhèngcháng. Everything here is normal.

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