正宗
zhèngzōng
authentic; genuine; orthodox
Characters in this word
宗 zōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 示 altar
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这家小店卖的不是迎合游客口味的改良菜，而是相当正宗的地方风味。 Zhè jiā xiǎodiàn mài de bú shì yínghé yóukè kǒuwèi de gǎiliáng cài, ér shì xiāngdāng zhèngzōng de dìfāng fēngwèi. What this small restaurant sells is not modified food catering to tourists, but rather very authentic local flavours.
- 这家餐馆做的是正宗的四川菜，味道又麻又辣。 Zhè jiā cānguǎn zuò de shì zhèngzōng de Sìchuān cài, wèidào yòu má yòu là. This restaurant makes authentic Sichuan dishes, spicy and tongue-tingling.
- 他从小跟师傅学的是正宗的传统手艺，做得特别好。 Tā cóngxiǎo gēn shīfu xué de shì zhèngzōng de chuántǒng shǒuyì, zuò de tèbié hǎo. From childhood he learned an authentic traditional craft from his master and does it exceptionally well.
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