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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 正 | zhèng | d,b,a,v | straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive | |
| 2 | 整 | zhěng | m,v,a | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | |
| 3 | 证 | zhèng | n,g | certificate; proof; to prove; to demonstrate; to confirm; variant of 症 | |
| 4 | 政策 | zhèng cè | n | policy | |
| 5 | 证实 | zhèng shí | v,vn | to confirm (sth to be true); to verify | |
| 6 | 症状 | zhèng zhuàng | n | symptom (of an illness) | |
| 7 | 争 | zhēng | v,g,vn | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 8 | 拯救 | zhěng jiù | v,vn | to save; to rescue | |
| 9 | 正义 | zhèng yì | n | justice; righteousness; just; righteous | |
| 10 | 挣 | zhēng | v | used in 挣扎 | |
| 11 | 正当 | zhèng dàng | a,p,v,ad | honest; reasonable; fair; sensible | |
| 12 | 挣扎 | zhēng zhá | v,vn | to struggle | |
| 13 | 争夺 | zhēng duó | v,vn | to fight over; to contest; to vie over | |
| 14 | 争论 | zhēng lùn | v,vn | to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate | |
| 15 | 正面 | zhèng miàn | d,n,b,f | front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open | |
| 16 | 睁 | zhēng | v | to open (one's eyes) | |
| 17 | 征服 | zhēng fú | v | to conquer; to subdue; to vanquish | |
| 18 | 争议 | zhēng yì | vn,v | controversy; dispute; to dispute | |
| 19 | 证人 | zhèng rén | n | witness | |
| 20 | 征 | zhēng | v,nr | journey; trip; expedition; to go on long campaign; to attack | |
| 21 | 证书 | zhèng shū | n | credentials; certificate | |
| 22 | 争吵 | zhēng chǎo | v,vn | to quarrel; dispute | |
| 23 | 政权 | zhèng quán | n | regime; political power | |
| 24 | 挣钱 | zhèng qián | v,vn | to make money | |
| 25 | 争执 | zhēng zhí | vn,v | to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle | |
| 26 | 征求 | zhēng qiú | v | to solicit; to seek; to request (opinions, feedback etc); to petition | |
| 27 | 正规 | zhèng guī | a | regular; according to standards | |
| 28 | 正经 | zhèng jīng | a,ad | decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards | |
| 29 | 蒸 | zhēng | v | to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old) | |
| 30 | 整合 | zhěng hé | v,vn | to conform; to integrate | |
| 31 | 蒸发 | zhēng fā | v,vn | to evaporate; evaporation | |
| 32 | 正直 | zhèng zhí | a | upright; upstanding; honest | |
| 33 | 整洁 | zhěng jié | a,an | neatly; tidy | |
| 34 | 整顿 | zhěng dùn | v,vn | to tidy up; to reorganize; to consolidate; to rectify | |
| 35 | 郑重 | zhèng zhòng | ad,a | serious; solemn; earnest; conscientious | |
| 36 | 正如 | zhèng rú | v,nr | just as; precisely as | |
| 37 | 正宗 | zhèng zōng | b | orthodox school; fig. traditional; old school; authentic; genuine | |
| 38 | 政党 | zhèng dǎng | n | political party | |
| 39 | 争端 | zhēng duān | n | dispute; controversy; conflict | |
| 40 | 正视 | zhèng shì | v | to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to | |
| 41 | 征集 | zhēng jí | v,vn | to collect; to recruit | |
| 42 | 征收 | zhēng shōu | v,vn | to levy (a tax); to expropriate | |
| 43 | 争气 | zhēng qì | a | to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short | |
| 44 | 整治 | zhěng zhì | v,vn | to bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition; (coll.) to fix (a person); to prepare (a meal etc) | |
| 45 | 症结 | zhēng jié | n | hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine); crux of an issue; main point in an argument; sticking point; deadlock in negotiations | |
| 46 | 整数 | zhěng shù | n | whole number; integer (math.); round figure | |
| 47 | 正月 | zhēng yuè | t | first month of the lunar year | |
| 48 | 争先恐后 | zhēng xiān kǒng hòu | l | striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another | |
| 49 | 正气 | zhèng qì | n | healthy atmosphere; moral spirit; unyielding integrity; probity; (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) | |
| 50 | 争光 | zhēng guāng | v | to win an honor; to strive to win a prize |
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