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English

1. decent
2. serious; things of importance; formal
3. honorable
4. decent; proper
5. proper
6. serious
7. according to standards

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 形容事幹緊要；屬於日常正式嘅禮節
2. 正派；莊重；睇落四四正正

Examples

• 我哋傾緊正經嘢。

  We are discussing a serious topic.

• 你最好唔好群咁多嗰啲唔正經嘅朋友喇。

  You'd better not associate with those disreputable people.

• 唔好玩喇，正經啲講啦，呢個問題好嚴重㗎。

  Be serious please. This is a critical issue. ----

• 我成日記得喺我讀本科嘅第二年尾，我嘅教授問我：「對你嚟講，文學係咩？」 我想知我而家可唔可以講啲正經嘅嘢。

  Tatoeba CC BY

• 對事情比較正經嚴肅。

  Take things a little more seriously.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 沒錯！這是很正經的事！

  No worries! This is good enough!

  Tatoeba · fengli CC BY

• 它们主要的看法其中也有“没有西装革履也可以很正经”。

  They also have ‘You can be serious without a suit’ as one of their key beliefs.

  Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY