Chinese words starting with “zheng”
54 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable zheng. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 18 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial zh · final eng · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 23
- 3rd tone 7
- 4th tone 24
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 正在zhèng zàiHSK 1
just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth)
- 政府zhèng fǔHSK 4
government
- 整个zhěng gèHSK 3
whole; entire; total
- 正常zhèng chángHSK 2
regular; normal; ordinary
- 证明zhèng míngHSK 3
proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of
- 正确zhèng quèHSK 2
correct; sound; right; proper
- 正是zhèng shìHSK 2
is precisely
- 正式zhèng shìHSK 3
formal; official
- 政治zhèng zhìHSK 4
politics; political
- 证据zhèng jùHSK 3
evidence; proof; testimony
- 争取zhēng qǔHSK 3
to fight for; to strive for; to win over
- 正好zhèng hǎoHSK 2
just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
- 整理zhěng lǐHSK 3
to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage)
- 整天zhěng tiānHSK 3
all day long; whole day
- 整体zhěng tǐHSK 3
whole entity; entire body; synthesis; as a whole (situation, construction, team etc); global; macrocosm; integral; holistic; whole
- 整整zhěng zhěngHSK 3
whole; full
- 证件zhèng jiànHSK 3
certificate; papers; credentials; document; ID
- 整齐zhěng qíHSK 3
orderly; neat; even; tidy
All 54 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 争分夺秒 | zhēng fēn duó miǎo | l | lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count | |
| 52 | 正负 | zhèng fù | n,b | positive and negative | |
| 53 | 正版 | zhèng bǎn | b,n | genuine; legal; see also 盗版 | |
| 54 | 正能量 | zhèng néng liàng | positive energy; positivity |
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