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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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