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

正牙带环(正牙帶環) orthodontic brace
正字 to correct an erroneously written character ; standard form of a character ; regular script ; Zheng Zi
正面心理学(正面心理學) positive psychology
正式公文 an official document
五官端正 to have regular features
非正式 unofficial; informal
正然 in the process of (doing something or happening); while (doing)
正电子照射断层摄影(正電子照射斷層攝影) positrion emission tomography (PET)
验明正身(驗明正身) to identify; to verify somebody's identity; identification
正贯(正貫) correcting a thread
不公正 injustice
横正暴敛(橫正暴斂) to levy exorbitant taxes
正日 the day (of a festival, ceremony etc)
不正当(不正當) dishonest; unfair; improper
正电子发射断层照相术(正電子發射斷層照相術) positron emission tomography (PET)
正立 to stand up straight
正月初一 New Year's Day in the lunar calendar
刚正不阿(剛正不阿) upright and plainspoken
正项(正項) proper tax ; addition
正模标本(正模標本) holotype
真正 real; true; genuine
正统(正統) orthodox ; Zhengtong ; legitimate; orthodox succession
正电子发射层析(正電子發射層析) positron emission tomography (PET)
正理 correct principle ; truth
正方 a rectangle ; following a straight path
正直 upright; upstanding; honest; just and straight
正对面(正對面) just opposite
正当理由(正當理由) proper reason; reasonable grounds
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
牙齿矫正器(牙齒矯正器) orthodontic braces
正经(正經) decent; honorable ; proper; serious ; according to standards ; truly; authentic ; normal channels ; Canonical Classics ; orthodox school ; main female character in a novel
校正子 proofreader and corrector
正式委任 an official appointment
正目 sergeant
正半轴(正半軸) positive semiaxis (in coordinate geometry)
端本正源 to straighten out from the source
重正化 to renormalize; renormalization

Also contained in

洪武正韵、等正觉、正法眼藏、成正觉、正命论、朴正熙、无上正等觉、正则表达式、正士、正仓院、不正色、正阳县、正解、正始

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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
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