正 zhèng

1. zhèng adjective upright; straight
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 sv; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 42)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. zhèng adjective precise; exact; accurate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 2; Unihan '正')
7. zhèng adjective at right angles
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 3)
8. 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)
9. 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')
10. 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)
11. 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)
12. 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)
13. zhèng adjective standard
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 11)
14. 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)
15. zhèng adjective honest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 9)
16. zhèng verb to execute; to carry out
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 14)
17. 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)
18. zhèng adjective accepted; conventional
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 1; Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 1b, pp. 602-603)
19. zhèng verb to govern
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 政 (Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 3, pp. 602-603)
20. zhèng adverb only; just
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 5a, pp. 602-603)
21. 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)
22. 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

• 正电子发射层析(正電子發射層析) positron emission tomography (PET)
• 避免修正主义(避免修正主義) free from revisionism
• 正传(正傳) main subject of long novel; true biography
• 正外部性 positive influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society)
• 正畸 orthodontics
• 正道 the right road ; the correct path ; orthodox school
• 正儿八板(正兒八板) earnest; authentic
• 正月 first month of the lunar calendar
• 居正 to follow the right path
• 正反两面(正反兩面) two-way; reversible; both sides of the coin
• 正厅(正廳) main hall
• 正面 front ; direct ; the positive side of a problem or condition
• 正大光明 just and honorable
• 外似謇正 an upright external appearance
• 正日 the day (of a festival, ceremony etc)
• 午正 exactly at noon
• 正在要问(正在要問) just about to ask a question
• 重正化 to renormalize; renormalization
• 正统(正統) orthodox ; Zhengtong ; legitimate; orthodox succession
• 义正辞严(義正辭嚴) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness
• 斧正 please amend my writing
• 正式答覆 a formal response
• 正误表(正誤表) corrigenda
• 正弦定理 law of sines
• 正电子发射体层(正電子發射體層) PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
• 正电子发射计算机断层(正電子發射計算機斷層) PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
• 正妻 first wife
• 正丁醚 butyl ether
• 正负电子(正負電子) electrons and positrons
• 不正当关系(不正當關係) improper relation; adulterous relation
• 正在 in the process of (doing something) ; exactly at a certain position or place
• 建立正式外交关系(建立正式外交關係) formally establish diplomatic relations
• 雅正 correct ; upright; (hon.) please point out my shortcomings; I await your esteemed corrections.
• 正常成本 normal cost
• 转正(轉正) to obtain full membership; to obtain tenure
• 新正 first month of the lunar new year ; Lunar New Year
• 脚正不怕鞋歪(腳正不怕鞋歪) a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe; an upright man is not afraid of gossip
• 矫枉过正(矯枉過正) to overcorrect; to overcompensate
• 正型标本(正型標本) holotype
• 正体(正體) traditional characters
• 正电子(正電子) positron
• 正方向 orientation
• 方正 upright; straightforward; righteous ; Fangzheng ; Fangzheng ; Founder
• 舍正从邪(捨正從邪) to be corrupted by evil influences
• 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
• 正格 suitable

Also contained in

正阳 、 金正银 、 金正成 、 正气歌 、 正安县

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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: 152
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 正夫妇 (正夫婦) 所以風天下而正夫婦也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 2