# 正直 (zhèngzhí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 正直 (zhèngzhí) means “upright; honest; upstanding”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: upright; honest; upstanding
- Pinyin: zhèngzhí (zheng4 zhi2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他是一个非常正直的人。
  Tā shì yí gè fēicháng zhèngzhí de rén.
  He is a very upright person.

## Characters

- [正](https://hanziro.com/word/zheng-straight/) (zhèng): straight; upright
- [直](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-straight/) (zhí): straight; to straighten

https://hanziro.com/word/zheng-zhi-upright/

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