正 zhèng in a sentence
Straight (main - right - just - pure - regular - principle - directly)
正 (zhèng) means Straight (main - right - just - pure - regular - principle - directly). Below are 24 of the 154 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
他 正 在写作业。
Tā zhèng zài xiě zuòyè.
He is doing his homework right now.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 正
当时我 正 在开会。
Dāngshí wǒ zhèngzài kāi huì.
At that time I was in a meeting.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 当时
这是很 正 常的事。
Zhè shì hěn zhèngcháng de shì.
This is a perfectly normal thing.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 正常
工人们 正 在修路。
Gōngrénmen zhèngzài xiū lù.
The workers are repairing the road.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 工人
他们家 正 在装修。
Tāmen jiā zhèngzài zhuāngxiū.
Their home is being renovated.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 装修
奶奶 正 在捏饺子。
Nǎinai zhèngzài niē jiǎozi.
Grandma is pinching dumplings closed.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 捏
电池有 正 负两极。
Diànchí yǒu zhèngfù liǎng jí.
A battery has a positive and a negative pole.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 正负
妈妈 正 在厨房做饭。
Māma zhèngzài chúfáng zuò fàn.
Mum is cooking in the kitchen.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 厨房
这件外套 正 在打折。
Zhè jiàn wàitào zhèngzài dǎzhé.
This coat is on sale at the moment.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 打折
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From the graded readers
我谢了他， 正 要走，他叫住了我。
wǒ xiè le / liǎo / liào tā, zhèng yāo zǒu, tā jiào zhùle wǒ.
I thanked him and was about to go when he called me back.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
我说：“我也要上楼， 正 好一起。”
wǒ shuō:" wǒ yě yāo shàng lóu, zhènghǎo yìqǐ."
I said, "I'm going up anyway — we may as well go together."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
我这才知道，真 正 尊重你的人，不会因为一次拒绝就离开。
wǒ zhè / zhèi cái zhīdào, zhēnzhèng zūnzhòng nǐ de rén, bùhuì yīnwèi yīcì jùjué jiù líkāi.
That was when I learned that people who genuinely respect you don't leave over one refusal.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
正 appears in 154 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 正
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 正
How is 正 used in a sentence?
This page shows 154 sentences using 正 (zhèng, "Straight (main - right - just - pure - regular - principle - directly)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 正 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 正 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 正 an HSK word?
Yes — 正 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 正?
The dictionary page for 正 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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