| 正 | [ zhēng ] first month of the lunar year |
| 正 | [ zhèng ] straight, upright, proper, main, principal, to correct, to rectify, exactly, just (at that time), right (in that place), (math.) positive |
| 正丁醚 | [ zhèng dīng mí ] butyl ether |
| 正中 | [ zhèng zhōng ] middle, center, right in the middle or center, nub |
| 正中下懷 | [ zhèng zhòng xià ] exactly what one wants |
| 正中要害 | [ zhèng zhòng yaò haì ] to hit the nail on the head (idiom) |
| 正事 | [ zhèng shì ] one's proper business |
| 正交 | [ zhèng ] orthogonality |
| 正交群 | [ zhèng qún ] orthogonal group (math.) |
| 正人 | [ zhèng rén ] upstanding person, upright person |
| 正人君子 | [ zhèng rén jūn zi ] upright gentleman, man of honor |
| 正倉院 | [ zhēng cāng yuàn ] Shōsō-in, treasure house belonging to Tōdai-ji 東大寺, Nara 奈良[Nai4 liang2], Japan, an extensive repository of imperial treasures from Tang times, described as the east-most end of the Silk road |
| 正值 | [ zhèng zhí ] just at the time of, honest, upright, (math.) positive value |
| 正傳 | [ zhèng zhuàn ] main subject of long novel, true biography |
| 正兒八板 | [ zhèng ér bā bǎn ] earnest, authentic |
| 正兒八經 | [ zhèng ér bā jīng ] serious, earnest, real, true |
| 正六邊形 | [ zhèng liù biān xíng ] regular hexagon |
| 正切 | [ zhèng qiē ] (math.) tangent (trigonometric function) |
| 正則 | [ zhèng zé ] regular (figure in geometry) |
| 正則參數 | [ zhèng zé cān shù ] regular parametrization |
| 正則表達式 | [ zhèng zé dá shì ] regular expression (computing) |
| 正割 | [ zhèng gē ] secant (of angle), written sec θ |
| 正劇 | [ zhèng jù ] bourgeois tragedy |
| 正化 | [ zhèng huà ] normalization, to normalize |
| 正午 | [ zhèng wǔ ] midday, noon, noonday |
| 正半軸 | [ zhèng bàn zhoú ] positive semiaxis (in coordinate geometry) |
| 正反 | [ zhèng fǎn ] positive and negative, pros and cons, inside and outside |
| 正反兩面 | [ zhèng fǎn liǎng miàn ] two-way, reversible, both sides of the coin |
| 正史 | [ zhèng shǐ ] the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories, true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends |
| 正名 | [ zhèng míng ] to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature, rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy) |
| 正向 | [ zhèng xiàng ] forward (direction), positive (thinking, mood, values etc) |
| 正向前看 | [ zhèng xiàng qián kàn ] look-ahead assertion |
| 正向力 | [ zhèng xiàng lì ] normal force (physics) |
| 正品 | [ zhèng pǐn ] certified goods, quality product, normal product, A-class goods |
| 正在 | [ zhèng zaì ] just at (that time), right in (that place), right in the middle of (doing sth) |
| 正型標本 | [ zhèng xíng běn ] holotype |
| 正外部性 | [ zhèng waì bù xìng ] positive influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society) |
| 正多胞形 | [ zhèng duō baō xíng ] convex polytope |
| 正多面體 | [ zhèng duō miàn tǐ ] regular polyhedron |
| 正大光明 | [ zhèng dà guāng míng ] just and honorable |
| 正太 | [ zhèng taì ] young, cute boy, derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控[zheng4 tai4 kong4] |
| 正太控 | [ zhèng taì kòng ] shotacon (Japanese loanword), manga or anime genre depicting young boys in an erotic manner |
| 正好 | [ zhèng haǒ ] just (in time), just right, just enough, to happen to, to chance to, by chance, it just so happens that |
| 正如 | [ zhèng rú ] just as, precisely as |
| 正妹 | [ zhèng meì ] (Tw) beautiful woman, sexy woman |
| 正子 | [ zhèng zǐ ] positron, also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3] |
| 正字 | [ zhèng zì ] to correct an erroneously written character, regular script (calligraphy), standard form (of a character or spelling) |
| 正字法 | [ zhèng zì fǎ ] orthography |
| 正字通 | [ zhèng zì tōng ] Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈|张自烈[Zhang1 Zi4 lie4] in 17th century |
| 正安 | [ zhèng ān ] Zheng'an county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], Guizhou |
| 正安縣 | [ zhèng ān xiàn ] Zheng'an county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], Guizhou |
| 正宗 | [ zhèng zōng ] orthodox school, fig. traditional, old school, authentic, genuine |
| 正定 | [ zhèng dìng ] Zhengding county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei |
| 正定縣 | [ zhèng dìng xiàn ] Zhengding county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei |
| 正室 | [ zhèng shì ] first wife, legal wife |
| 正宮娘娘 | [ zhèng gōng niáng niáng ] empress |
| 正寧 | [ zhèng níng ] Zhengning county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳[Qing4 yang2], Gansu |
| 正寧縣 | [ zhèng níng xiàn ] Zhengning county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳[Qing4 yang2], Gansu |
| 正對 | [ zhèng duì ] directly facing |
| 正巧 | [ zhèng ] just by chance, to happen to (just at the right time), opportune |
| 正常 | [ zhèng cháng ] regular, normal, ordinary |
| 正常化 | [ zhèng cháng huà ] normalization (of diplomatic relations etc) |
| 正常工作 | [ zhèng cháng gōng zuò ] normal operation, proper functioning |
| 正常成本 | [ zhèng cháng chéng běn ] normal cost (accountancy) |
| 正常菌群 | [ zhèng cháng jūn qún ] microbiome, microbiota |
| 正式 | [ zhèng shì ] formal, official |
| 正式投票 | [ zhèng shì toú ] formal vote |
| 正弦 | [ zhèng xián ] (math.) sine |
| 正弦定理 | [ zhèng xián dìng lǐ ] law of sines |
| 正弦形 | [ zhèng xián xíng ] sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave) |
| 正弦波 | [ zhèng xián bō ] sine wave, simple harmonic vibration |
| 正德 | [ zhèng dé ] Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1] |
| 正念 | [ zhèng niàn ] correct mindfulness (Buddhism) |
| 正意 | [ zhèng yì ] sense (in DNA) |
| 正態分布 | [ zhèng taì fēn bù ] (math.) normal distribution, Gaussian distribution |
| 正房 | [ zhèng fáng ] central building (in a traditional house), primary wife |
| 正投影 | [ zhèng toú yǐng ] orthogonal projection |
| 正教 | [ zhèng ] lit. true religion, orthodox religion, orthodox Christianity, Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians) |
| 正教真詮 | [ zhèng zhēn quán ] Exegesis of true religion by Wang Daiyu 王岱輿|王岱舆[Wang2 Dai4 yu2], a study of Islam, also translated as Real hermeneutics of orthodox religion |
| 正整數 | [ zhèng zhěng shù ] positive integer |
| 正數 | [ zhèng shù ] positive number |
| 正文 | [ zhèng wén ] main text (as opposed to footnotes), main body (of a book) |
| 正斷層 | [ zhèng duàn céng ] normal fault (geology) |
| 正方 | [ zhèng fāng ] the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate) |
| 正方向 | [ zhèng fāng xiàng ] orientation |
| 正方形 | [ zhèng fāng xíng ] square |
| 正方體 | [ zhèng fāng tǐ ] a rectangular parallelepiped |
| 正日 | [ zhèng rì ] the day (of a festival, ceremony etc) |
| 正旦 | [ zhèng dàn ] starring female role in a Chinese opera |
| 正是 | [ zhèng shì ] (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated), precisely, exactly, even, if, just like, in the same way as |
| 正時 | [ zhèng shí ] timing (of an engine) |
| 正書 | [ zhèng shū ] regular script (Chinese calligraphic style) |
| 正月 | [ zhēng yuè ] first month of the lunar year |
| 正月初一 | [ zhēng yuè chū yī ] New Year's Day in the lunar calendar |
| 正朔 | [ zhēng shuò ] first day of the first lunar month, (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty |
| 正本 | [ zhèng běn ] original (of a document), reserved copy (of a library book) |
| 正業 | [ zhèng yè ] one's regular job |
| 正極 | [ zhèng jí ] positive pole |
| 正楷 | [ zhèng kaǐ ] regular script (Chinese calligraphic style) |
| 正模標本 | [ zhèng mó běn ] holotype |
| 正正 | [ zhèng zhèng ] neat, orderly, just in time |
| 正步 | [ zhèng bù ] goose-step (for military parades) |
| 正步走 | [ zhèng bù zoǔ ] to march at parade step, March! (military command) |
| 正殿 | [ zhèng diàn ] main hall of a Buddhist temple |
| 正比 | [ zhèng bǐ ] direct ratio, directly proportional |
| 正比例 | [ zhèng bǐ lì ] direct proportionality |
| 正氣 | [ zhèng qì ] healthy environment, healthy atmosphere, righteousness, vital energy (in Chinese medicine) |
| 正法 | [ zhèng fǎ ] to execute, the law |
| 正派 | [ zhèng paì ] upright |
| 正港 | [ zhèng gǎng ] (Tw) (slang) authentic, genuine, (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [tsiànn-káng]) |
| 正然 | [ zhèng rán ] in the process of (doing something or happening), while (doing) |
| 正版 | [ zhèng bǎn ] genuine, legal, see also 盜版|盗版[dao4 ban3] |
| 正牙帶環 | [ zhèng yá daì huán ] orthodontic brace |
| 正生 | [ zhèng shēng ] starring male role in a Chinese opera |
| 正用 | [ zhèng yòng ] correct usage |
| 正當 | [ zhèng dāng ] timely, just (when needed) |
| 正當 | [ zhèng dàng ] honest, reasonable, fair, sensible |
| 正當中 | [ zhèng dāng zhōng ] dead center, the very middle |
| 正當年 | [ zhèng dāng nián ] to be in the prime of life |
| 正當性 | [ zhèng dàng xìng ] (political) legitimacy |
| 正當時 | [ zhèng dāng shí ] the right time for sth, the right season (for planting cabbage) |
| 正當理由 | [ zhèng dàng lǐ yoú ] proper reason, reasonable grounds |
| 正當防衛 | [ zhèng dàng fáng weì ] reasonable self-defense, legitimate defense |
| 正畸 | [ zhèng jī ] orthodontics |
| 正直 | [ zhèng zhí ] upright, upstanding, honest |
| 正眼 | [ zhèng yǎn ] facing directly (with one's eyes), (to look sb) in the eyes |
| 正確 | [ zhèng què ] correct, proper |
| 正確處理 | [ zhèng què chǔ lǐ ] to handle correctly |
| 正確處理人民內部矛盾 | [ zhèng què chǔ lǐ rén mín neì bù maó dùn ] On the correct handling of internal contradictions among the people, Mao Zedong's tract of 1957 |
| 正確路線 | [ zhèng què lù xiàn ] correct line (i.e. the party line) |
| 正祖 | [ zhèng zǔ ] Jeonjo (1752-1800), 22nd king of Korean Joseon dynasty |
| 正統 | [ zhèng tǒng ] Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1] |
| 正統 | [ zhèng tǒng ] orthodox |
| 正經 | [ zhèng jīng ] decent, honorable, proper, serious, according to standards |
| 正經八擺 | [ zhèng jīng bā baǐ ] variant of 正經八百|正经八百[zheng4 jing1 ba1 bai3] |
| 正經八板 | [ zhèng jīng bā bǎn ] see 正經八百|正经八百[zheng4 jing1 ba1 bai3] |
| 正經八百 | [ zhèng jīng bā baǐ ] very serious, solemn |
| 正義 | [ zhèng yì ] justice, righteousness, just, righteous |
| 正義鬥爭 | [ zhèng yì doù zhēng ] righteous struggle |
| 正義魔人 | [ zhèng yì mó rén ] (Tw) sanctimonious person, self-appointed moral arbiter |
| 正義黨 | [ zhèng yì dǎng ] Justicialist Party |
| 正職 | [ zhèng zhí ] main job, day job, steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual), chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy) |
| 正能量 | [ zhèng néng liàng ] positive energy, positivity |
| 正臉 | [ zhèng liǎn ] a person's face as seen from the front |
| 正色 | [ zhèng sè ] stern, grim, resolute, firm, unflinching, fundamental colors |
| 正著 | [ zhèng zhaó ] head-on, red-handed |
| 正藍旗 | [ zhèng lán qí ] Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia, also written 正蘭旗|正兰旗 |
| 正蘭旗 | [ zhèng lán qí ] Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia |
| 正號 | [ zhèng haò ] positive value sign + (math.), plus sign |
| 正裝 | [ zhèng zhuāng ] formal dress |
| 正襟危坐 | [ zhèng jīn weī zuò ] to sit upright and still (idiom) |
| 正要 | [ zhèng yaò ] to be just about to, to be on the point of |
| 正規 | [ zhèng guī ] regular, according to standards |
| 正規教育 | [ zhèng guī yù ] regular education |
| 正規軍 | [ zhèng guī jūn ] regular army, standing army |
| 正視 | [ zhèng shì ] to face squarely, to meet head on, to face up to |
| 正角 | [ zhèng ] positive angle |
| 正角 | [ zhèng jué ] good guy (in a story), hero |
| 正言厲色 | [ zhèng yán lì sè ] solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling, also written 正顏厲色|正颜厉色 |
| 正詞法 | [ zhèng cí fǎ ] orthography (linguistics) |
| 正誤 | [ zhèng wù ] true or false?, correct or incorrect, to correct errors (in a document) |
| 正誤表 | [ zhèng wù ] corrigenda |
| 正象 | [ zhèng xiàng ] to be just like |
| 正負 | [ zhèng fù ] positive and negative |
| 正負號 | [ zhèng fù haò ] plus or minus sign ± (math.) |
| 正負電子 | [ zhèng fù diàn zǐ ] electrons and positrons |
| 正路 | [ zhèng lù ] the right way |
| 正軌 | [ zhèng guǐ ] the right track |
| 正逢其時 | [ zhèng féng qí shí ] to come at the right time, to be opportune |
| 正道 | [ zhèng daò ] the correct path, the right way (Buddhism) |
| 正邪 | [ zhèng xié ] opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM) |
| 正邪相爭 | [ zhèng xié xiāng zhēng ] term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] |
| 正鋒 | [ zhèng fēng ] frontal attack (brush movement in painting) |
| 正鑲白旗 | [ zhèng xiāng baí qí ] Plain and Bordered White banner or Shuluun Hövööt Chagaan khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia |
| 正長石 | [ zhèng cháng shí ] orthoclase KAlSi3O8 (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar) |
| 正門 | [ zhèng mén ] main entrance, main gate, portal |
| 正陽 | [ zhèng yáng ] Zhengyang county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[Zhu4 ma3 dian4], Henan |
| 正陽縣 | [ zhèng yáng xiàn ] Zhengyang county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[Zhu4 ma3 dian4], Henan |
| 正離子 | [ zhèng lí zǐ ] positive ion, cation (physics) |
| 正電 | [ zhèng diàn ] positive charge (electricity) |
| 正電子 | [ zhèng diàn zǐ ] positron (antiparticle of the electron) |
| 正電子斷層 | [ zhèng diàn zǐ duàn céng ] PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method) |
| 正電子照射斷層攝影 | [ zhèng diàn zǐ zhaò shè duàn céng shè yǐng ] positrion emission tomography (PET) |
| 正電子發射層析 | [ zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè céng xī ] positron emission tomography (PET) |
| 正電子發射斷層照相術 | [ zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè duàn céng zhaò xiāng shù ] positron emission tomography (PET) |
| 正電子發射計算機斷層 | [ zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè jì suàn jī duàn céng ] PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method) |
| 正電子發射體層 | [ zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè tǐ céng ] PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method) |
| 正面 | [ zhèng miàn ] front, obverse side, right side, positive, direct, open |
| 正音 | [ zhèng yīn ] standard pronunciation, to correct sb's pronunciation |
| 正顏厲色 | [ zhèng yán lì sè ] solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling |
| 正餐 | [ zhèng cān ] (regular) meal, full meal, main course |
| 正骨 | [ zhèng gǔ ] bonesetting, Chinese osteopathy |
| 正骨八法 | [ zhèng gǔ bā fǎ ] the eight methods of bonesetting, Chinese osteopathy |
| 正體 | [ zhèng tǐ ] standard form (of a Chinese character), plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic), printed style (as opposed to cursive), (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters |
| 正體字 | [ zhèng tǐ zì ] standard form of a Chinese character, (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters |
| 正點 | [ zhèng diǎn ] on time, punctual (of train etc), awesome (slang) |
| ⇒ 一本正經 | [ yī běn zhèng jīng ] in deadly earnest, deadpan |
| ⇒ 上梁不正下梁歪 | [ shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng waī ] lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices |
| ⇒ 上顎正門齒 | [ shàng è zhèng mén chǐ ] maxillary central incisor |
| ⇒ 不公正 | [ bù gōng zhèng ] injustice |
| ⇒ 不務正業 | [ bù wù zhèng yè ] not to engage in honest work, to ignore one's proper occupation, not to attend to one's proper duties |
| ⇒ 不正之風 | [ bù zhèng zhī fēng ] unhealthy tendency |
| ⇒ 不正常 | [ bù zhèng cháng ] abnormal |
| ⇒ 不正常狀況 | [ bù zhèng cháng zhuàng kuàng ] abnormal state |
| ⇒ 不正當 | [ bù zhèng dàng ] dishonest, unfair, improper |
| ⇒ 不正當競爭 | [ bù zhèng dàng jìng zhēng ] unfair competition, illicit competition |
| ⇒ 不正當關係 | [ bù zhèng dàng guān xì ] improper relation, adulterous relation |
| ⇒ 不正確 | [ bù zhèng què ] incorrect, erroneous |
| ⇒ 中正 | [ zhōng zhèng ] adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2] |
| ⇒ 中正 | [ zhōng zhèng ] fair and honest |
| ⇒ 中正區 | [ zhōng zhèng qū ] Zhongzheng District of Taipei 台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4] or Keelung 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4] |
| ⇒ 中正紀念堂 | [ zhōng zhèng jì niàn táng ] Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei |
| ⇒ 二正丙醚 | [ èr zhèng bǐng mí ] di-n-propyl ether |
| ⇒ 五官端正 | [ wǔ guān duān zhèng ] to have regular features |
| ⇒ 令正 | [ lìng zhèng ] your wife (honorific) |
| ⇒ 作風正派 | [ zuò fēng zhèng paì ] to be honest and upright, to have moral integrity |
| ⇒ 俞正聲 | [ yú zhèng shēng ] Yu Zhengsheng (1945-), PRC politician |
| ⇒ 修成正果 | [ xiū chéng zhèng guǒ ] to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight, to obtain a positive outcome after sustained efforts, to come to fruition |
| ⇒ 修正 | [ xiū zhèng ] to revise, to amend |
| ⇒ 修正主義 | [ xiū zhèng zhǔ yì ] revisionism |
| ⇒ 修正案 | [ xiū zhèng àn ] amendment, revised draft |
| ⇒ 修正液 | [ xiū zhèng yè ] correction fluid |
| ⇒ 假正經 | [ jiǎ zhèng jīng ] demure, prudish, hypocritical |
| ⇒ 偏正式合成詞 | [ piān zhèng shì hé chéng cí ] modified compound word |
| ⇒ 偏邪不正 | [ piān xié bù zhèng ] biased, prejudiced (idiom) |
| ⇒ 光明正大 | [ guāng míng zhèng dà ] (of a person) honorable, not devious, (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard, without tricks, openly, (of a situation) out in the open |
| ⇒ 八正道 | [ bā zhèng daò ] the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism) |
| ⇒ 公正 | [ gōng zhèng ] just, fair, equitable |
| ⇒ 剛正 | [ gāng zhèng ] honest, upright |
| ⇒ 剛正不阿 | [ gāng zhèng bù ē ] upright and plainspoken |
| ⇒ 匡正 | [ kuāng zhèng ] to correct, to amend, to redress (evils) |
| ⇒ 反正 | [ fǎn zhèng ] anyway, in any case, to come over from the enemy's side |
| ⇒ 反正一樣 | [ fǎn zhèng yī yàng ] whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other, as broad as it is long |
| ⇒ 口嫌體正直 | [ koǔ xián tǐ zhèng zhí ] your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese) |
| ⇒ 名不正言不順 | [ míng bu zhèng yán bu shùn ] (of a title, degree etc) illegitimately conferred |
| ⇒ 名正言順 | [ míng zhèng yán shùn ] in a way that justifies the use of the term, genuine, proper, in a way that conforms to logic, justifiable, appropriate, perfectly legitimate |
| ⇒ 吳官正 | [ wú guān zhèng ] Wu Guanzheng (1938-), former CCP Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection |
| ⇒ 嚴正 | [ yán zhèng ] sternly, solemn |
| ⇒ 堂堂正正 | [ táng táng zhèng zhèng ] displaying strength and discipline, impressive, upright and frank, square |
| ⇒ 堂堂正正 | [ táng táng zhèng zhèng ] displaying strength and discipline, impressive, upright and frank, square |
| ⇒ 壽終正寢 | [ shoù zhōng zhèng qǐn ] to die of old age, to die in one's bed at a ripe old age, (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life |
| ⇒ 夏正民 | [ xià zhèng mín ] Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge |
| ⇒ 大正 | [ dà zhèng ] Taishō, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1912-1926) of emperor Yoshihito 嘉仁[Jia1 ren2] |
| ⇒ 字正腔圓 | [ zì zhèng qiāng yuán ] to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom) |
| ⇒ 守正不阿 | [ shoǔ zhèng bù ē ] to be strictly just and impartial |
| ⇒ 宗正 | [ zōng zhèng ] Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1] |
| ⇒ 導正 | [ daǒ zhèng ] (Tw) to guide sb in the right direction, to correct (behavior etc) |
| ⇒ 就地正法 | [ jiù dì zhèng fǎ ] to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution, to carry out the law on the spot |
| ⇒ 就正 | [ jiù zhèng ] (literary and deferential) to solicit comments (on one's writing) |
| ⇒ 居正 | [ jū zhèng ] (literary) to follow the right path |
| ⇒ 廉正 | [ lián zhèng ] upright and honest, integrity |
| ⇒ 建構正義理論 | [ jiàn goù zhèng yì lǐ lùn ] constructivist theory |
| ⇒ 建立正式外交關係 | [ jiàn lì zhèng shì waì guān xì ] formally establish diplomatic relations |
| ⇒ 張居正 | [ zhāng jū zhèng ] Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee |
| ⇒ 扶正 | [ fú zhèng ] to set sth upright or straight, to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal), (old) to raise from concubine to wife status |
| ⇒ 扶正壓邪 | [ fú zhèng yā xié ] to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom) |
| ⇒ 指正 | [ zhǐ zhèng ] to point out mistakes or weak points for correction, to comment, criticism |
| ⇒ 捨正從邪 | [ shě zhèng cóng xié ] to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom) |
| ⇒ 撥亂反正 | [ bō luàn fǎn zhèng ] bring order out of chaos, set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder |
| ⇒ 撥正 | [ bō zhèng ] to set right, to correct |
| ⇒ 改正 | [ gaǐ zhèng ] to correct, to amend, to put right, correction, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 改邪歸正 | [ gaǐ xié guī zhèng ] to mend one's ways (idiom), to turn over a new leaf |
| ⇒ 政治正確 | [ zhèng zhì zhèng què ] political correctness, politically correct |
| ⇒ 斧正 | [ fǔ zhèng ] (polite) please amend my writing |
| ⇒ 新正 | [ xīn zhēng ] see 正月[Zheng1 yue4] |
| ⇒ 方方正正 | [ fāng fāng zhèng zhèng ] square-shaped |
| ⇒ 方方正正 | [ fāng fāng zhèng zhèng ] square-shaped |
| ⇒ 方正 | [ fāng zhèng ] Fangzheng county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang |
| ⇒ 方正 | [ fāng zhèng ] clear and square, neat, square (person) |
| ⇒ 方正縣 | [ fāng zhèng xiàn ] Fangzheng county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang |
| ⇒ 明媒正娶 | [ míng meí zhèng qǔ ] to be officially wed |
| ⇒ 更正 | [ gēng zhèng ] to correct, to make a correction |
| ⇒ 朴正熙 | [ zhèng xī ] Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard |
| ⇒ 東正教 | [ dōng zhèng ] Eastern Orthodox Church |
| ⇒ 林豐正 | [ lín fēng zhèng ] Lin Fong-cheng (1940-), Taiwanese politician |
| ⇒ 校正 | [ zhèng ] to proofread and correct, to edit and rectify, to correct, to calibrate |
| ⇒ 校正子 | [ zhèng zǐ ] proofreader and corrector |
| ⇒ 棄邪歸正 | [ qì xié guī zhèng ] to give up evil and return to virtue |
| ⇒ 橫正暴斂 | [ héng zhèng baò liǎn ] to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom) |
| ⇒ 次正裝 | [ cì zhèng zhuāng ] smart casual attire |
| ⇒ 正正 | [ zhèng zhèng ] neat, orderly, just in time |
| ⇒ 歪打正著 | [ waī dǎ zhèng zhaó ] to succeed by a lucky stroke |
| ⇒ 歸正 | [ guī zhèng ] to return to the right path, to mend one's ways, to reform, Reformed (church etc) |
| ⇒ 清正 | [ qīng zhèng ] upright and honorable |
| ⇒ 清正廉明 | [ qīng zhèng lián míng ] upright and honest |
| ⇒ 牙齒矯正器 | [ yá chǐ zhèng qì ] orthodontic braces |
| ⇒ 真正 | [ zhēn zhèng ] genuine, real, true, genuinely |
| ⇒ 矯枉過正 | [ wǎng guò zhèng ] to overcorrect (idiom), to overcompensate |
| ⇒ 矯正 | [ zhèng ] to correct, to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision), to cure, rectification, correction, to straighten |
| ⇒ 矯正透鏡 | [ zhèng toù jìng ] correcting lens |
| ⇒ 硬正 | [ yìng zhèng ] staunchly honest |
| ⇒ 社會正義 | [ shè huì zhèng yì ] social justice |
| ⇒ 立正 | [ lì zhèng ] to stand straight, attention! (order to troops) |
| ⇒ 端正 | [ duān zhèng ] upright, regular, proper, correct |
| ⇒ 糾正 | [ jiū zhèng ] to correct, to make right |
| ⇒ 純正 | [ chún zhèng ] pure, unadulterated, (of motives etc) honest |
| ⇒ 義正辭嚴 | [ yì zhèng cí yán ] to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom) |
| ⇒ 腳正不怕鞋歪 | [ zhèng bù pà xié waī ] lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe, an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom) |
| ⇒ 薛居正 | [ xuē jū zhèng ] Xue Juzheng (912-981), Song historian and compiler of History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史 |
| ⇒ 規正 | [ guī zhèng ] to admonish |
| ⇒ 言歸正傳 | [ yán guī zhèng zhuàn ] to return to the topic (idiom), to get back to the main point |
| ⇒ 訂正 | [ dìng zhèng ] to make a correction |
| ⇒ 訓民正音 | [ xùn mín zhèng yīn ] Korean text HunMin JongUm promulgated by Sejong Daewang in 1418 to introduce hangeul |
| ⇒ 誠心正意 | [ chéng xīn zhèng yì ] see 誠心誠意|诚心诚意[cheng2 xin1 cheng2 yi4] |
| ⇒ 諫正 | [ jiàn zhèng ] see 諍諫|诤谏[zheng4 jian4] |
| ⇒ 賀正 | [ hè zhēng ] to exchange compliments on New Year's Day |
| ⇒ 轉正 | [ zhuǎn zhèng ] to transfer to full membership, to obtain tenure |
| ⇒ 邪不敵正 | [ xié bù dí zhèng ] good will always triumph over evil (idiom) |
| ⇒ 重正化 | [ chóng zhèng huà ] to renormalize, renormalization |
| ⇒ 金正恩 | [ jīn zhèng ēn ] Kim Jong-un (c. 1983-), third son of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], supreme leader of North Korea from 2011 |
| ⇒ 金正日 | [ jīn zhèng rì ] Kim Jong-il (1942-2011), Dear Leader of North Korea 1982-2011 |
| ⇒ 金正男 | [ jīn zhèng nán ] Kim Jong-nam (1971-2017), the eldest son of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4] |
| ⇒ 金正銀 | [ jīn zhèng yín ] former spelling of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1] |
| ⇒ 金正雲 | [ jīn zhèng yún ] erroneous form of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1] |
| ⇒ 阿Q正傳 | [ ā zhèng zhuàn ] The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4] |
| ⇒ 阿甘正傳 | [ ā gān zhèng zhuàn ] Forrest Gump |
| ⇒ 雅正 | [ yǎ zhèng ] correct (literary), upright, (hon.) Please point out my shortcomings., I await your esteemed corrections. |
| ⇒ 雍正 | [ yōng zhèng ] Yongzheng, reign name of Qing emperor (1722-1735) |
| ⇒ 雙曲正弦 | [ shuāng qū zhèng xián ] hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.) |
| ⇒ 雙曲線正弦 | [ shuāng qū xiàn zhèng xián ] hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.) |
| ⇒ 非正常 | [ feī zhèng cháng ] abnormal, irregular |
| ⇒ 非正式 | [ feī zhèng shì ] unofficial, informal |
| ⇒ 非正數 | [ feī zhèng shù ] a nonpositive number (i.e. negative or zero) |
| ⇒ 韓正 | [ hán zhèng ] Han Zheng (1954-), senior vice premier of the PRC (2018-) |
| ⇒ 風華正茂 | [ fēng huá zhèng maò ] in one's prime |
| ⇒ 駁正 | [ bó zhèng ] to refute and correct |
| ⇒ 驗明正身 | [ yàn míng zhèng shēn ] to identify, to verify sb's identity, identification |
| ⇒ 高村正彥 | [ gaō cūn zhèng yàn ] KOMURA Masahiko (1942-), Japanese politician, foreign minister from 1998, minister of defense from 2007 |
| ⇒ 齒列矯正 | [ chǐ liè zhèng ] orthodontic treatment, orthodontics |
| ⇒ 齒列矯正器 | [ chǐ liè zhèng qì ] see 牙齒矯正器|牙齿矫正器[ya2 chi3 jiao3 zheng4 qi4] |
| ⇒ 齒顎矯正學 | [ chǐ è zhèng xué ] orthodontics |
