HSK 6 · Adjectives

端正 duānzhèng “upright” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 端正 means

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

How to say 端正

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale端duān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale正zhèng4th tone, falling

端正 in a sentence

  1. 她是一位品行端正的女士。

    Tā shì yí wèi pǐnxíng duānzhèng de nǚshì.

    She is a woman of upright character.

    Sentence #346202 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 端正 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 端 (duān) with each of its parts in a different colour
端duāntip; end; extremity
  • 立stand · lìMeaning part
  • 耑specialisedSound part

立 hints at the meaning (stand); 耑 () hints at the sound. Compare it with duān.

The character 正 (zhèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
正zhèngstraight
  • 一one · yī
  • 止stop · zhǐ

Memory aidPicture a foot 止 heading straight for a line 一: straight, correct.

How to write 端正

端 14 strokes · 正 5 strokes

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端正 (duānzhèng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 端正 (duānzhèng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 端正

Words with 端

端duān · to carry (level with both hands)极端jíduān · extreme争端zhēngduān · dispute尖端jiānduān · cutting-edge弊端bìduān · abuse端午节Duānwǔjié · Dragon Boat Festival

Words with 正

正在zhèngzài · in the process of正常zhèngcháng · regular正确zhèngquè · correct正式zhèngshì · formal真正zhēnzhèng · genuine正好zhènghǎo · just (in time)正zhèng · just (in the middle of doing something)改正gǎizhèng · to correct反正fǎnzhèng · anyway正月zhēngyuè · first month of the lunar year

More words: Adjectives

得天独厚détiāndúhòu · richly endowed by nature典型diǎnxíng · typical丢三落四diūsānlàsì · forgetful短促duǎncù · brief对称duìchèn · symmetrical额外éwài · extra反常fǎncháng · abnormal繁华fánhuá · bustling

FAQs

端正 (duānzhèng) means “upright” or “proper”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it duānzhèng: duān with a 1st tone, then zhèng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 端正 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duanzheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 端正 from the suggestions. Typing duanzheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
端正 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.