郑 (zhèng): Zheng, a Zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑, a county-level city in Henan, abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州, the capital of Henan, used in 鄭重|郑重
郑 (zhèng) is a Chinese character meaning “zheng, a zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day xinzheng 新鄭|新郑, a county-level city in henan.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 关 (structural) and 阝 (structural). It ranks #1130 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 郑 a city 阝 guarding a pass 关. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).
Definitions
- Zheng, a Zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑, a county-level city in Henan
- abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州, the capital of Henan
- used in 鄭重|郑重
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA city 阝 guarding a pass 关
Decomposition: ⿰关阝 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 郑重 | zhèng zhòng | serious |
| 郑重其事 | zhèng zhòng qí shì | serious about the matter |
| 郑州 | zhèng zhōu | see 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4] |
| 兰郑长成品油管道 | lán zhèng cháng chéng pǐn yóu guǎn dào | Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline |
| 郑人争年 | zhèng rén zhēng nián | Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom) |
| 兰郑长管道 | lán zhèng cháng guǎn dào | Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline |
| 郑州大学 | zhèng zhōu dà xué | Zhengzhou University |
| 郑易里 | zhèng yì lǐ | Zheng Yili (1906-2002), translator, editor and lexicographer, creator of the Zheng coding |
| 新郑市 | xīn zhèng shì | Xinzheng, a county-level city in Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan |
| 郑成功 | zhèng chéng gōng | Koxinga (1624-1662), military leader |
| 郑和 | zhèng hé | Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer |
| 新郑 | xīn zhèng | see 新鄭市|新郑市[Xin1 zheng4 Shi4] |
| 郑州市 | zhèng zhōu shì | Zhengzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 郑声 | zhèng shēng | folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] |
| 郑梦准 | zhèng mèng zhǔn | Chung Mongjoon (1951-), Korean magnate and the founder of Hyundai 現代|现代[Xian4 dai4] |
郑 appears in 25 compound words: 76 as the first character, 12 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 郑 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Showing 2 of 3 idioms containing 郑.
Example Sentences
老师教我们郑字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men zhèng zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "Zheng."
夜王|郑秀文被要求胸部垫Pad演V姐 Sammi...
yè wáng zhèng xiù wén bèi yāo qiú xiōng bù diàn P a d yǎn V jiě S a m m i . . .
Night King|Sammi Cheng was asked to play Sister V Sammi...
郑丽文撞钟诡异抖动!命理师惊揭“是他显灵”...
zhèng lí wén zhuàng zhōng guǐ yì dǒu dòng ! mìng lǐ shī jīng jiē shì tā xiǎn líng . . .
Zheng Liwen rang the bell and shook strangely! The numerologist revealed that "it was he who appeared"...
MLB》郑宗哲热身赛首扛先发游击 全场2支0、敲1...
M L B zhèng zōng zhé rè shēn sài shǒu gāng xiān fā yóu jī quán chǎng 2 zhī 0 , qiāo 1 . . .
MLB" Zheng Zongzhe started shortstop for the first time in the warm-up game, 2 hits 0, knocked 1...
WBC/去年上大联盟又下放! 郑宗哲WBC拚“打出身价”
W B C qù nián shàng dà lián méng yòu xià fàng ! zhèng zōng zhé W B C 拚 dǎ chū shēn jià
WBC/Last year's major leagues were delegated again! Zheng Zongzhe WBC fights to "play the price"
大看台|从郑钦文到宁忠岩:冲破欧美垄断 镌刻东方印....
dà kàn tái cóng zhèng qīn wén dào nìng zhōng yán : chōng pò ōu měi lǒng duàn 镌 kè dōng fāng yìn . . . .
From Zheng Qinwen to Ning Zhongyan: Breaking through the monopoly of Europe and the United States and engraved the Oriental Seal....
从上海坐火车到郑州需几个小时？
Cóng Shànghǎi zuò huǒchē dào Zhèngzhōu xū jǐge xiǎoshí?
How long would a train from Shanghai to Zhengzhou take?
Character Family
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