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; 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)
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; 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; 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; 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)
zhèng verb to govern
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 政 (Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 3)
zhèng adverb only / just
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 5a)
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; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 44)
zhēng noun center of a target
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '正' zhēng 2; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 44)

Contained in

正能量 positive energy / positivity
正立 to stand up straight
名正言顺(名正言順) in a way that justifies the use of the term / genuine / proper / in a way that conforms to logic / justifiable / appropriate
正午 midday / noon / noonday
正派 upright
正中下怀(正中下懷) exactly what one wants
刚正(剛正) honest / upright
正体字(正體字) correct form of a Chinese character
清正廉明 upright and honest
正当防卫(正當防衛) reasonable self-defense / legitimate defense
正旦 starring female role
正合时(正合時) perfectly timed
正中要害 to hit the nail on the head
改邪归正(改邪歸正) to give up evil and return to good
正负号(正負號) plus or minus sign ±
正己 to correct oneself
正邪相争(正邪相爭) progress of disease
正骨 bone setting / Chinese osteopathy
订正(訂正) to make corrections
正规(正規) regular / according to standards
修正液 correction fluid
忠正 loyal and upright
横正暴敛(橫正暴斂) to levy exorbitant taxes
正言 frank words
正当时(正當時) the right time for something / the right season (for planting cabbage)
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
正文 main text / main body
正切 tangent
斧正 please amend my writing
正在进行(正在進行) in process
正然 in the process of (doing something or happening) / while (doing)
正确(正確) correct / proper
眼屈光不正 refractive error / refraction error
堂堂正正 displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square
正式 formal ; official ; final
光明正大 (of a person) honorable / not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard / without tricks / openly

Also contained in

金正恩、大正本、正法久住、正七品、摧邪显正、卍字正藏、正解、正遍知、无上正觉、正说、跏趺正坐、正法轮身、正士、正分别、阿毘达磨顺正理论

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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
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
正厥 (正厥) 乃正厥位 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書盤庚下 Shang Shu - Pan Geng III — 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
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
隧正 (隧正) 叔仲昭伯為隧正 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2
举正 (舉正) 舉正於中 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 2