洁净 (jié jìng) — clean, pristine (formal or written style)
Definition
A formal, written adjective for 'clean, pristine' — stronger and more literary than the everyday 清洁, and used more for environments than for people (unlike 纯洁, which is moral/emotional).
adjective
cleanpristine (formal or written style)
Easily confused
Examples
- 洁净。Shí yàn shì bì xū bǎo chí jié jìng.The laboratory must be kept clean.
- 洁净。Zhè jiā yī yuàn de bìng fáng fēi cháng jié jìng.The wards in this hospital are very clean.
- 洁净。Zhè xiē shū cài jīng guò qīng xǐ hòu biàn de jié jìng.These vegetables became clean after being washed.
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