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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 正当时

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
正当时 zhèng dāng shí - the right time for sth
- the right season (for planting cabbage)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 75,496 43,364

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhēng- first month of the lunar year
zhèng- straight
- upright
- proper
- main
- principal
- to correct
- to rectify
- exactly
- just (at that time)
- right (in that place)
- (math.) positive
dāng- (onom.) dong
- ding dong (bell)
dāng- to be
- to act as
- manage
- withstand
- when
- during
- ought
- should
- match equally
- equal
- same
- obstruct
- just at (a time or place)
- on the spot
- right
- just at
dàng- at or in the very same...
- suitable
- adequate
- fitting
- proper
- to replace
- to regard as
- to think
- to pawn
- (coll.) to fail (a student)
shí- old variant of 時|时[shi2]
shí- surname Shi
shí- o'clock
- time
- when
- hour
- season
- period

Other Words Containing 正当时

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo