HSK 6 · Verbs

纠正 jiūzhèng “to correct” in Chinese

Traditional 糾正

What 纠正 means

  1. to correct
  2. to put right
  3. to make right

How to say 纠正

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale纠jiū1st 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

纠正 in a sentence

  1. 请纠正我的发音。

    Qǐng jiūzhèng wǒ de fāyīn.

    Please correct my pronunciation.

    Sentence #346163 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 如果你发现错误，那就请你纠正它。

    Rúguǒ nǐ fāxiàn cuòwù, nà jiù qǐng nǐ jiūzhèng tā.

    If you find a mistake, please correct it.

    Sentence #334452 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 如果小错误不被立即纠正，可能会导致严重问题。

    Rúguǒ xiǎo cuòwù bú bèi lìjí jiūzhèng, kěnéng huì dǎozhì yánzhòng wèntí.

    If small mistakes are not corrected at once, they may lead to serious problems.

    Sentence #2915543 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 纠正 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 纠 (jiū) with each of its parts in a different colour
纠jiūto gather together
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mì
  • 丩to connect · jiū
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 纠正

纠 5 strokes · 正 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 纠正

Words with 纠

纠纷jiūfēn · dispute

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: Common Verbs

精简jīngjiǎn · to streamline敬礼jìnglǐ · to salute进攻jìngōng · to attack浸泡jìnpào · to soak给予jǐyǔ · to give卷juǎn · to roll up鞠躬jūgōng · to bow居住jūzhù · to live (in a place)

FAQs

纠正 (jiūzhèng) means “to correct” or “to put right”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiūzhèng: jiū 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 纠正 is written 糾正. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiuzheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 纠正 from the suggestions. Typing jiuzheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
纠正 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.