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
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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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- 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
- 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