正 zhèng
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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
- 正税(正稅) the proper payment of duty
- 指正 to point out mistakes or weak points for correction; to comment; criticism
- 上梁不正下梁歪 If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked; subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
- 组织正义(組織正義) organizational justice
- 名不正言不顺(名不正言不順) (of a title, degree etc) illegitimately conferred
- 言归正传(言歸正傳) to return to the topic; to get back to the main point
- 正眼 facing directly (with one's eyes); (to look sb) in the eyes
- 正厅(正廳) main hall
- 齿颚矫正学(齒顎矯正學) orthodontics
- 实质正义(實質正義) substantial justice
- 正义斗争(正義鬥爭) righteous struggle
- 正直 upright; upstanding; honest; just and straight
- 不公正 injustice
- 花正开(花正開) flowers in bloom
- 正式提议(正式提議) an official motion
- 正视(正視) to look ahead ; to face squarely; to meet head on
- 正书(正書) regular script ; an orthodox [Neo-Confucian] text
- 严正(嚴正) sternly; solemn
- 正因 the real cause
- 正比例 direct proportionality
- 正象 to be just like
- 正中要害 to hit the nail on the head
- 正当防卫(正當防衛) reasonable self-defense; legitimate defense
- 正经事(正經事) a reputable business
- 义正辞严(義正辭嚴) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness
- 正席 main seat [at a banquet]
- 非正常 abnormal; irregular
- 正式委任 an official appointment
- 正数(正數) positive number ; exact amount
- 中正 fair and honest
- 正格 suitable
- 建构正义理论(建構正義理論) constructivist theory
- 正则(正則) regular ; a standard; a rule ; to change a law
- 正当年(正當年) to be in the prime of life
- 正房 central building (in a traditional house) ; first wife
- 正适(正適) precisely meeting requirements
- 正音 correct pronunciation
- 横正暴敛(橫正暴斂) to levy exorbitant taxes
- 正值无私(正值無私) upright and unbiased
- 建立正式外交关系(建立正式外交關係) formally establish diplomatic relations
Also contained in
思惟正受 、 洪武正韵 、 大正 、 金正云 、 正德 、 正仓院 、 正使 、 正安县 、 俞正声 、 正法眼藏 、 正义党
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- 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 314
- 卷七十四 志第五十 職官三 Volume 74 Treatises 50: Official Posts 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 289
- 卷八十八 志第三十八: 百官四 Volume 88 Treatises 41: Official Posts 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 166
- 卷五十七 志第三十八: 百官三 內命婦 宮人女職 東宮官屬 親王府屬 太后兩宮官屬 大興府 諸京留守司諸京城宮苑提舉等職 按察司 諸路總管府、諸府、諸節鎮、防禦、刺史、縣鎮等職 諸轉運泉谷等職 諸府鎮兵馬等職 諸猛安部族及群牧等職 Volume 57 Treatises 38: Official Posts 3 - Women of the Inner Court; Palace Women with Official Positions; East Palace officials; Prince's Residence Subordinates; Officials of the Empress Dowager's Two Palaces; Daxing Prefecture; Officials in Charge of Offices, Palaces, and Parks in the Capital; Surveillance Commissions; Circuit Inspectors; Prefecture Governments; Town Administration; Defenses; Magistrates; County and Town Officials; Transportation and Grain Officials; Officials in Charge of Military Forces in the Prefectures; Officals in Charge of Pacifying Savage Tribes and Pastoral Peoples History of Jin 金史 — count: 162
- 卷七十二 志第四十八 職官一 Volume 72 Treatises 48: Official Posts 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 151
- 卷八十六 志第三十六: 百官二 Volume 86 Treatises 39: Official Posts 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 146
- 卷五十六 志第三十七: 百官二 殿前都點檢司 宣徽院 秘書監 國子監 太府監 少府監 軍器監 都水監 諫院 大理寺 弘文院 登聞鼓院 登聞檢院 記注院 集賢院 益政院 武衛軍都指揮使司 衛尉司 戶禮兵刑工部所轄諸司 三路檢察及外路倉庫牧圉等職 Volume 56 Treatises 37: Official Posts 2 - Palace Inspector General, Court of Palace Attendants, Director of the Palace Library, Imperial Academy, Imperial Treasury, Directorate for Imperial Manufacturers, Directorate for Arms, Waterway Inspector, Remonstrance Bureau, Court of Judicial Review, Academy for the Advancement of Literature, Admonishment Drum Court, Admonishment Inspection Court, Notes and Annotation Court, Academy of Scholarly Worthies, Benefits Administration Court, Command of the Military Guard for the Capital, Office for Commandant of Guards, Offices for the Punishment of Ceremonial Guards, Offices for Three Circuits Inspection and Outer Storehouses for Horses History of Jin 金史 — count: 137
- 卷八十七 志第三十七: 百官三 Volume 87 Treatises 40: Official Posts 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 132
- 卷四十二 志第二十二: 職官一 Volume 42 Treatises 22: Government Service 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 127
- 卷八十五 志第三十五: 百官一 Volume 85 Treatises 38: Official Posts 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 126
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
- 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
- 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
- 克正 (剋正) 爾身克正 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 君牙 Zhou Shu - Kun-ya — count: 2
- 五正 (五正) 翼九宗五正頃父之子嘉父 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — 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