Chinese Notes

正 zhèng

zhèng adjective upright; straight
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 sv; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 42)
zhèng adverb just doing something; just now
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 adv 2; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 43)
zhèng verb to straighten; to correct
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 v; Guoyu '正' zhèng v 1; Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 2, pp. 602-603; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 43)
zhèng adjective main; central; primary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 正门 'main entrance' (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 1; Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 6; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 42)
zhèng adjective fundamental; original
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 正本 original manuscript (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 6; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 43)
zhèng adjective precise; exact; accurate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 2; Unihan '正')
zhèng adjective at right angles
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 3)
zhèng adjective unbiased; impartial
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不偏斜 (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 10; Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 2; Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 1a, pp. 602-603)
zhèng adjective true; correct; orthodox
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 5; Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 4; Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 1, pp. 602-603; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 43; Unihan '正')
zhèng adjective unmixed; pure
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 精纯 (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 4; Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 3)
zhèng adjective positive (charge)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Physics
Notes: The opposite of 负 'negative' (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 7; Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 7; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 43)
zhèng adjective positive (number)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mathematics
Notes: As in 正数 (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 8; Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 7)
zhèng adjective standard
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 11)
zhèng adjective chief; principal; primary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 12; Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 5; Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 4, pp. 602-603; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 43)
zhèng adjective honest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 9)
zhèng verb to execute; to carry out
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 14)
zhèng adverb precisely
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, 正合时 perfectly timed (ABC 'zhèng' 正 adv 1; Guoyu '正' zhèng adv 1; Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 5, pp. 602-603; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 43)
zhèng adjective accepted; conventional
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 1; Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 1b, pp. 602-603)
zhèng verb to govern
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 政 (Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 3, pp. 602-603)
zhèng adverb only; just
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 5a, pp. 602-603)
zhēng noun first month
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Of the Chinese lunar calendar, as in 正月 (ABC 'zhēng' 正 adv 1; Guoyu '正' zhēng; Kroll 2015 '正' zhēng 1, pp. 602-603; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 44)
zhēng noun center of a target
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '正' zhēng 2, pp. 602-603; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 44)

Contained in

正金 cash
正书(正書) regular script ; an orthodox [Neo-Confucian] text
假正经(假正經) demure; prudish; hypocritical
不正当(不正當) dishonest; unfair; improper
正型标本(正型標本) holotype
正室 first wife; legal wife ; son of the first wife
正确处理(正確處理) to handle correctly
正点(正點) on time; punctual (of train etc); awesome (slang)
正骨 bone setting; Chinese osteopathy
二正丙醚 di-n-propyl ether
严正(嚴正) sternly; solemn
正言厉色(正言厲色) solemn in word and countenance; strict and unsmiling
正方向 orientation
正选(正選) a vote for
公正 just; fair; impartial
正是四国(正是四國) to make the people of all the world honest
修正液 correction fluid
风华正茂(風華正茂) in one's prime
正是 precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as
正在装置(正在裝置) under construction
清正廉明 upright and honest
正当时节(正當時節) main part of a season
正则参数(正則參數) regular parametrization
正品 certified goods; quality product; normal product; A-class goods ; full grade
正体(正體) traditional characters
明媒正娶 to be officially wed
正兽(正獸) main animal [sacrifice]
正教真诠(正教真詮) Exegesis of true religion by Wang Daiyu 王岱輿|王岱舆, a study of Islam
正用 correct usage
正入 just like
正如 just as; precisely as
正合时(正合時) perfectly timed
正弦定理 law of sines
正常工作 normal operation; proper functioning
来正(來正) the first month next year
纯正(純正) pure; unadulterated; honest
建立正式外交关系(建立正式外交關係) formally establish diplomatic relations
正领事(正領事) consul
正统(正統) orthodox ; Zhengtong ; legitimate; orthodox succession
社会正义(社會正義) social justice
正象 to be just like
呈正 to submit a manuscript for review
正电子发射体层(正電子發射體層) PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
扶正压邪(扶正壓邪) to uphold good and suppress evil
正适(正適) precisely meeting requirements

Also contained in

夏小正、正宁、大正、金正日、正仓院、雍正

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Collocations

正卿 (正卿) 並於正卿 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 7
先正 (先正) 羣公先正 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧雲漢 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Yun Han — count: 6
正曰 (正曰) 木正曰句芒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
工正 (工正) 使為工正 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
马正 (馬正) 季氏以公鉏為馬正 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
火正 (火正) 古之火正 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
正舆 (正輿) 萊人使正輿子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
不能正 (不能正) 見侮慢而不能正也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧終風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Zhong Feng — count: 2
及正 (及正) 王湫帥師及正輿子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2
正大夫 (正大夫) 正大夫離居 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧雨無正 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Yu Wu Zheng — count: 2