Zheng state during the Warring States period / surname Zheng / abbr. for 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1]
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bound form used in 鄭重|郑重[zheng4 zhong4] and 雅鄭|雅郑[ya3 zheng4]
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How to pronounce 鄭

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= zh initial

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng4 final

In the engine’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago

鄭 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
diàn = di + an4
to fix / to settle / a libation to the dead
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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Characters with 鄭 as component

zhì = zh + Ø4
to toss / to throw dice / Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
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zhí = zh + Ø2
hesitating / to stop
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Words with 鄭

Nanzheng County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[Han4 zhong1], Shaanxi
Nanzheng County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[Han4 zhong1], Shaanxi
Xinzheng, county-level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1], Henan

Sentences with 鄭

鄭 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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