正式 (zhèngshì) means Formal (official). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这是一个 正式 的会议。
Zhè shì yí ge zhèngshì de huìyì.
This is a formal meeting.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 正式
他 正式 成为了公司的员工。
Tā zhèngshì chéngwéi le gōngsī de yuángōng.
He officially became an employee of the company.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 正式
新任校长今天 正式 就职。
Xīnrèn xiàozhǎng jīntiān zhèngshì jiù zhí.
The new principal formally took office today.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 就职
新图书馆已经 正式 落成。
Xīn túshūguǎn yǐjīng zhèngshì luòchéng.
The new library has been formally completed.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 落成
新品种还没有 正式 命名。
Xīn pǐnzhǒng hái méiyǒu zhèngshì mìngmíng.
The new variety has not yet been formally named.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 命名
这种玩笑在 正式 场合并不合适。
Zhè zhǒng wánxiào zài zhèngshì chǎnghé bìng bù héshì.
A joke like this is not appropriate on a formal occasion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 场合
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Questions about 正式
How is 正式 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 正式 (zhèngshì, "Formal (official)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 正式 an HSK word?
Yes — 正式 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 正式?
The dictionary page for 正式 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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