Taiwan Mandarin

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WordTOCFL Level 4stative verb (adj.)Taiwan frequency #13,610

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zhèngjīng·ㄓㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄥ

“proper; serious; decent; honorable; according to standards; (archaic) the Thirteen Classics; (archaic) the principal wife in a household”

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zhèng·ㄓㄥˋ

Proper; correct; upright; straight; main; principal; exactly; just; positive (math.); first month of the lunar year.

jīng·ㄐㄧㄥ

Sacred texts or classics; to pass through or undergo; warp threads in weaving; longitude; channel in TCM; menstruation; surname.