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

正名 official name; official title ; to use the correct name
正太控 shotacon
牙齿矫正器(牙齒矯正器) orthodontic braces
恰正 just right
新正 first month of the lunar new year ; Lunar New Year
正堂 main hall ; county head; prefecture commander
正门(正門) main entrance; main gate; portal
正选(正選) a vote for
言归正传(言歸正傳) to return to the topic; to get back to the main point
正向 forward (direction); positive (thinking, mood, values etc)
正逢其时(正逢其時) to come at the right time; to be opportune
正色 stern; grim; resolute; firm; unflinching ; fundamental colors ; leading role
正反两面(正反兩面) two-way; reversible; both sides of the coin
横正暴敛(橫正暴斂) to levy exorbitant taxes
刚正(剛正) honest; upright
居正 to follow the right path
不务正业(不務正業) not to engage in honest work; to ignore one's proper occupation; not to attend to one's proper duties
疾终正寝(疾終正寢) to die of illness at home
正副 principal and secondary
正中要害 to hit the nail on the head
正然 in the process of (doing something or happening); while (doing)
正在进行(正在進行) in process
正要 to be just about to; to be on the point of
非正统(非正統) unorthodox
清正廉明 upright and honest
正是 precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as
正长石(正長石) orthoclase
正义魔人(正義魔人) sanctimonious person; self-appointed moral arbiter
正用 correct usage
正式 formal ; official ; final
正席 main seat [at a banquet]
正确(正確) correct; proper
正式提议(正式提議) an official motion
正东(正東) due east
宗正 Director of the Imperial Clan
正脸(正臉) a person's face as seen from the front
正弦 sine
不正之风(不正之風) an unhealthy tendency
正丁醚 butyl ether
修成正果 to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight; to obtain a positive outcome after sustained efforts
中正 fair and honest
正真 reliable; real; true
正式委任 an official appointment
正着(正著) head-on; red-handed
正当年(正當年) to be in the prime of life
守正不阿 to be strictly just and impartial
正巧 by chance

Also contained in

正镶白旗、金正恩、偏正式合成词、阿甘正传

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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
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
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
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
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