正经
zhèngjing
serious; proper; decent; respectable
Characters in this word
经 jīng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 别看他平时爱开玩笑，讨论预算时却比谁都正经。 Bié kàn tā píngshí ài kāi wánxiào, tǎolùn yùsuàn shí què bǐ shéi dōu zhèngjing. Although he usually likes joking, he becomes more serious than anyone when discussing the budget.
- 他一本正经地讲笑话，大家都笑得停不下来。 Tā yīběn zhèngjing de jiǎng xiàohua, dàjiā dōu xiào de tíng bù xiàlái. He tells jokes with a perfectly straight face, and everyone can't stop laughing.
- 找工作要穿正经一点的衣服，别太随便。 Zhǎo gōngzuò yào chuān zhèngjing yīdiǎn de yīfu, bié tài suíbiàn. When job hunting, you should wear something decent, not too sloppy.
Related words
- 正 zhèng just, right; exactly
- 正在 zhèngzài in the middle of (doing), -ing
- 真正 zhēnzhèng real; true
- 正常 zhèngcháng normal
- 正好 zhènghǎo just right; just in time
- 正确 zhèngquè correct; right
- 正是 zhèngshì exactly; just
- 反正 fǎnzhèng anyway
- 正 zhèng straight; right
- 正式 zhèngshì official; formal
- 改正 gǎizhèng to correct
- 公正 gōngzhèng fair