净

• 拼音: jìng
• 汉字拆解: 净 = 冫(ice) + 争 (compete) — simplified from 淨 with 氵(water)

含义

Only; nothing but; purely. As an adjective: clean, net (weight/profit).

As an adverb, 净 expresses that something happens exclusively or repeatedly, often with a slightly critical or exasperated tone. As an adjective, it means clean or pure. In business contexts, it refers to net amounts after deductions. Common in colloquial complaints about repeated behaviors.

例句

1. 你怎么净说些没用的话？
2. 他净利润达到了五百万，比去年增长了三成。
3. 最近净加班，连周末都没休息。

用法指南

语境: complaints, business, daily speech

语气: critical

正确说法

• 他净惹麻烦。(He does nothing but cause trouble.)
• 净重五公斤。(Net weight is five kilograms.)

错误说法

• 这水很净。(Use 干净 for 'clean' — 净 alone sounds incomplete in this context)

起源与历史

Originally written 淨, depicting water cleansing something. The meaning of 'clean' extended to 'pure' and then to 'only' or 'nothing but' in colloquial usage.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal