正确性

正確性
zhèngquèxìng
noun #36,947

Meanings

  1. 1 correctness
  2. 2 validity
  3. 3 accuracy

Examples

Wǒmen bìxū yànzhèng shùjù de zhèngquèxìng.
We must verify the correctness of the data.
Shíjiàn shì jiǎnyàn zhēnlǐ zhèngquèxìng de wéiyī biāozhǔn.
Practice is the sole standard for testing the correctness of truth.

Tips

grammar
Adjective + = abstract noun: 正确 'correct' + 'quality of' = 'correctness'. The same template gives 重要性 'importance', 可能性 'possibility', 灵活性 'flexibility' — extremely productive in academic and technical writing.
culture
Example 2 paraphrases Deng Xiaoping's 1978 motto 实践检验真理唯一标准, the editorial that signalled the shift away from Mao-era ideology. The phrase is so canonical that any line beginning 实践检验真理 will be read as quoting it.

Stroke Order

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