HSK 6 · Adjectives

正宗 zhèngzōng “authentic” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 正宗 means

  1. authentic
  2. genuine
  3. orthodox
  4. orthodox school
  5. fig. traditional
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • old school

How to say 正宗

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale正zhèng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale宗zōng1st tone, high and level

正宗 in a sentence

  1. 法国有正宗的中餐吗？

    Fǎguó yǒu zhèngzōng de zhōngcān ma?

    Is there authentic Chinese food in France?

    Sentence #1131900 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 正宗 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 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.

The character 宗 (zōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
宗zōngschool
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 示sign · shì

How to write 正宗

正 5 strokes · 宗 8 strokes

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

Words related to 正宗

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

Words with 宗

宗教zōngjiào · religion宗旨zōngzhǐ · aim

More words: Adjectives

正规zhèngguī · formal正经zhèngjing · serious珍贵zhēnguì · precious郑重zhèngzhòng · serious镇静zhènjìng · calm珍稀zhēnxī · rare and precious真挚zhēnzhì · sincere执着zhízhuó · persistent

FAQs

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