正常 zhèngcháng — normal, regular
zhèngcháng (fourth tone, falling)zheng4chang2
normal, regular
HSK 4· HSK 1–4 (classic)adjective
Meanings
normal, regular
The way things usually are, with nothing out of place — a normal temperature, a normal schedule, normal behaviour. 不正常 is the word reached for the moment something seems off, before there is even a name for what exactly is wrong.
adjective
Example sentences
- 医生说我的身体一切正常。醫生說我的身體一切正常。Yīshēng (first tone, high and level) shuō (first tone, high and level) wǒ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) shēntǐ (first tone, high and level) yíqiè (second tone, rising) zhèngcháng. (fourth tone, falling)···
The doctor said everything about my health is normal.
- 今天他很不正常，一句话也不说。今天他很不正常，一句話也不說。Jīntiān (first tone, high and level) tā (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) bú (second tone, rising) zhèngcháng, (fourth tone, falling) yí (second tone, rising) jù (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling) yě (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling) shuō. (first tone, high and level)···
He’s acting strange today — he hasn’t said a single word.