Chinese symbol for “formal”
正式
zhèng shì
formal; official
The closest CC-CEDICT match for formal is 正式 (zhèng shì), defined as: formal; official.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “formal”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 正式.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | genuine; real; true; really; indeed |
| 正常 | zhèng cháng | normal; regular |
| 正确 (正確) | zhèng què | correct; sound; right; proper |
| 正是 | zhèng shì | is precisely |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng) |
| 模式 | mó shì | mode; pattern; model |
| 形式 | xíng shì | outer appearance; form |
See also: Japanese symbol for “formal”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.