正式
zhèng shì 4–4
formal; official
- Characters
- 2
- 正 · 式
- Syllables
- 2
- zhèng shì
- Frequency
- Common
- corpus count 1,215
Part of speech: ad,a
Character by character
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
你没必要那么正式。
Nǐ méi bì yào nà me zhèng shì
You don't have to be so formal.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 正式. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 正zhèngHSK 1
straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive
- 正在zhèng zàiHSK 1
just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth)
- 方式fāng shìHSK 3
way; manner; style; mode; pattern
- 真正zhēn zhèngHSK 2
genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- 正常zhèng chángHSK 2
regular; normal; ordinary
- 正确zhèng quèHSK 2
correct; sound; right; proper
- 正是zhèng shìHSK 2
is precisely
- 式shìHSK 5
type; form; pattern; style
- 反正fǎn zhèngHSK 3
anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side
- 仪式yí shìHSK 6
ceremony
- 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
- 形式xíng shìHSK 3
outer appearance; form; shape; formality
- 模式mó shìHSK 5
mode; method; pattern
- 公正gōng zhèngHSK 5
just; fair; equitable
- 正义zhèng yìHSK 5
justice; righteousness; just; righteous
- 正当zhèng dàngHSK 6
honest; reasonable; fair; sensible
- 正面zhèng miànHSK 7
front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open
- 纠正jiū zhèngHSK 6
to correct; to make right
- 正规zhèng guīHSK 5
regular; according to standards
- 修正xiū zhèngHSK 7
to revise; to amend
- 款式kuǎn shìHSK 7
pattern; style; design
- 正经zhèng jīng
decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards
- 开幕式kāi mù shìHSK 5
opening ceremony
- 改正gǎi zhèngHSK 4
to correct; to amend; to put right; correction