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(Bushou)		 止
Strokes 4
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Structure
Decomp. 一止
Prononciation
Mandarin zhēng; zhèng
Entry Methods
Pinyin zheng1; zheng4
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一卜中一
Sijiao 1010.1
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Unicode U+6B63
GB2312 D5FD
BIG5 A5BF
Results for 正
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
Results beginning with 正
正在 zhèng zài to be in the process of (doing sth) / to be currently ...-ing
正常 zhèng cháng regular / normal / ordinary
正式 zhèng shì formal / official
正确 zhèng què correct / sound / right / proper
正是 zhèng shì is precisely
正文 zhèng wén main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
正版 zhèng bǎn genuine / legal / see also 盜版|盗版[dao4 ban3]
正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open
正如 zhèng rú just as / precisely as
正当 zhèng dàng honest / reasonable / fair / sensible
正当 zhèng dāng timely / just (when needed)
正规 zhèng guī regular / according to standards
正义 zhèng yì justice / righteousness / just / righteous
正要 zhèng yào to be just about to / to be on the point of
正宗 zhèng zōng orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine
正中 zhèng zhōng middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub
正品 zhèng pǐn certified goods / quality product / normal product / A-class goods
正视 zhèng shì to face squarely / to meet head on / to face up to
正月 Zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year
正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value
正经 zhèng jīng decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards
正直 zhèng zhí upright / upstanding / honest
正气 zhèng qì healthy atmosphere / moral spirit / unyielding integrity / probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
正对 zhèng duì directly facing
正向 zhèng xiàng forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc)
正道 zhèng dào the correct path / the right way (Buddhism)
正统 zhèng tǒng orthodoxy / tradition / orthodox / traditional / principles of dynastic succession / (of an heir) legitimate
正色 zhèng sè stern / grim / resolute / firm / unflinching / fundamental colors
正传 zhèng zhuàn main subject of long novel / true biography
正正 zhèng zhèng neat / orderly / just in time
正派 zhèng pài (of a person) upright / respectable / decent / (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable
正事 zhèng shì one's proper business
正巧 zhèng qiǎo just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune
正午 zhèng wǔ midday / noon / noonday
正门 zhèng mén main entrance / main gate / portal
正着 zhèng zháo head-on / red-handed
正反 zhèng fǎn positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
正点 zhèng diǎn (of a train etc) on time / punctual / (slang) awesome / (Tw) on the hour
正本 zhèng běn original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book)
正邪 zhèng xié opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM)
正则 zhèng zé regular (figure in geometry)
正餐 zhèng cān (regular) meal / full meal / main course
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)
正眼 zhèng yǎn facing directly (with one's eyes) / (to look sb) in the eyes
正轨 zhèng guǐ the right track
正方 zhèng fāng the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate)
正法 zhèng fǎ to execute / the law
正殿 zhèng diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple
正负 zhèng fù positive and negative
正路 zhèng lù (lit. and fig.) the right way / the correct path / the proper course
正职 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]
正时 zhèng shí timing (of an engine)
正弦 zhèng xián (math.) sine
正史 zhèng shǐ the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories / true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends
正象 zhèng xiàng to be just like
正交 zhèng jiāo orthogonality
正极 zhèng jí positive pole
正房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife
正数 zhèng shù positive number
正剧 zhèng jù bourgeois tragedy
正室 zhèng shì primary wife (in contrast to concubine) / legal wife
正误 zhèng wù true or false? / correct or incorrect / to correct errors (in a document)
正畸 zhèng jī orthodontics
正步 zhèng bù goose-step (for military parades)
正字 zhèng zì to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling)
正教 zhèng jiào lit. true religion / orthodox religion / orthodox Christianity / Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians)
正音 zhèng yīn standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation
正比 zhèng bǐ direct ratio / directly proportional
正业 zhèng yè one's regular job
正楷 zhēng kǎi regular script (sim. to block capitals)
正楷 zhèng kǎi regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
正切 zhèng qiē (math.) tangent (trigonometric function)
正骨 zhèng gǔ bonesetting / Chinese osteopathy
正火 zhèng huǒ normalization
正旦 zhèng dàn starring female role in a Chinese opera
正安 Zhēng An1 Zheng'an county in Zun'yi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], Guizhou
正安 Zhèng ān Zheng'an county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], Guizhou
正电 zhèng diàn positive charge (electricity)
正定 Zhèng dìng Zhengding county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei
正锋 zhèng fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is kept upright, so that the tip of the brush runs along the center of the stroke (cf. 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1feng1])
正港 zhèng gǎng (Tw) (slang) authentic / genuine (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [tsiànn-káng])
正高 zhèng gāo orthometric height / orthometric elevation
正割 zhèng gē secant (of angle), written sec θ
正号 zhèng hào (math.) plus sign (+)
正化 zhèng huà normalization / to normalize
正角 zhèng jiǎo positive angle
正角 zhèng jué good guy (in a story) / hero
正脸 zhèng liǎn a person's face as seen from the front
正妹 zhèng mèi (Tw) beautiful woman / sexy woman
正念 zhèng niàn correct mindfulness (Buddhism)
正宁 Zhèng níng Zhengning county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳[Qing4 yang2], Gansu
正牌 zhèng pái officially recognized / genuine / legitimate
正然 zhèng rán in the process of (doing something or happening) / while (doing)
正人 zhèng rén upstanding person / upright person
正日 zhèng rì the day (of a festival, ceremony etc)
正生 zhèng shēng starring male role in a Chinese opera
正书 zhèng shū regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
正朔 zhēng shuò first day of the first lunar month / (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty
正太 zhèng tài young, cute boy / derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控[zheng4 tai4 kong4]
正体 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
正途 zhèng tú see 正路[zheng4lu4]
正阳 Zhèng yáng Zhengyang county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[Zhu4 ma3 dian4], Henan
正意 zhēng yì sense (in DNA)
正意 zhèng yì sense (in DNA)
正用 zhèng yòng correct usage
正治 zhèng zhì Shoji
正主 zhèng zhǔ central figure / rightful owner / (slang) idol of a fan
正装 zhèng zhuāng formal dress
正子 zhèng zǐ positron / also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3]
正祖 Zhèng zǔ Jeonjo (1752-1800), 22nd king of Korean Joseon dynasty
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正方形 zhèng fāng xíng square
正规军 zhèng guī jūn regular army / standing army
正常化 zhèng cháng huà normalization (of diplomatic relations etc)
正常值 zhèng cháng zhí regular value / the norm
正当性 zhèng dàng xìng (political) legitimacy
正弦波 zhèng xián bō sine wave / simple harmonic vibration
正方体 zhèng fāng tǐ a rectangular parallelepiped
正整数 zhèng zhěng shù positive integer
正当中 zhèng dāng zhōng dead center / the very middle
正离子 zhèng lí zǐ positive ion / cation (physics)
正比例 zhēng bǐ lì direct proportionality
正比例 zhèng bǐ lì direct proportionality
正己烷 zhèng jǐ wán N-hexane
正当年 zhèng dāng nián to be in the prime of life
正问题  direct problem / forward problem / normal problem
正爆破  direct shot
正压的  barotropic
正安县 Zhēng An1 xiàn Zheng'an county in Zun'yi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], Guizhou
正安县 Zhèng ān Xiàn Zheng'an county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], Guizhou
正半轴 zhèng bàn zhóu positive semiaxis (in coordinate geometry)
正步走 zhèng bù zǒu to march at parade step / March! (military command)
正仓院 Zhēng cāng yuàn Shōsō-in, a timber structure in Nara, Japan, built to house hundreds of artifacts bequeathed to the Tōdai-ji temple by the Japanese emperor Shōmu, who died in 756
正长石 zhēng cháng shí orthoclase KAlSi3O8 (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
正长石 zhèng cháng shí orthoclase KAlSi3O8 (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
正词法 zhèng cí fǎ orthography (linguistics)
正当时 zhèng dāng shí the right time for sth / the right season (for planting cabbage)
正电子 zhèng diàn zǐ positron (antiparticle of the electron)
正丁醚 zhèng dīng mí butyl ether
正定县 Zhèng dìng xiàn Zhengding county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei
正断层 zhèng duàn céng normal fault (geology)
正方向 zhèng fāng xiàng forward direction / (math.) positive direction
正负号 zhèng fù hào plus or minus sign ± / (math.)
正交群 zhèng jiāo qún orthogonal group (math.)
正脚鞋 zhèng jiǎo xié shoe that can be worn on either foot
正驾驶 zhèng jià shǐ pilot-in-command / captain (cf. 副駕駛|副驾驶[fu4jia4shi3], copilot)
正经事 zhèng jīng shì an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc)
正蓝旗 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
正兰旗 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
Approximate Results for 正
真正 zhēn zhèng genuine / real / true / really / indeed
反正 fǎn zhèng anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side
修正 xiū zhèng to revise / to amend / to rectify
公正 gōng zhèng just / fair / equitable
纠正 jiū zhèng to correct / to make right
改正 gǎi zhèng to correct / to amend / to put right / correction / CL:個|个[ge4]
方正 fāng zhèng clear and square / neat / square (person)
更正 gēng zhèng to correct / to make a correction
纯正 chún zhèng pure / unadulterated / (of motives etc) honest
指正 zhǐ zhèng to point out mistakes or weak points for correction / to comment / criticism
端正 duān zhèng upright / regular / proper / correct
校正 jiào zhèng to proofread and correct / to edit and rectify / to correct / to calibrate
矫正 jiǎo zhèng to correct / to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) / to cure / rectification / correction / to straighten
中正 zhōng zhèng fair and honest
转正 zhuǎn zhèng to transfer to full membership / to obtain tenure
雍正 Yōng zhèng Yongzheng, reign name of Qing emperor (1722-1735)
严正 yán zhèng sternly / solemn
立正 lì zhèng to stand straight / attention! (order to troops)
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
清正 qīng zhèng upright and honorable
大正 Dà zhèng Taishō, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1912-1926) of emperor Yoshihito 嘉仁[Jia1 ren2]
订正 dìng zhèng to make a correction
文正 wén zhèng Bunsho
刚正 gāng zhèng honest / upright
斧正 fǔ zhèng (polite) please amend my writing
匡正 kuāng zhèng to correct / to amend / to redress (evils)
拨正 bō zhèng to set right / to correct
驳正 bó zhèng to refute and correct
导正 dǎo zhèng (Tw) to guide sb in the right direction / to correct (behavior etc)
规正 guī zhèng to admonish
归正 guī zhèng to return to the right path / to mend one's ways / to reform / Reformed (church etc)
韩正 Hán Zhèng Han Zheng (1954-), senior vice premier of the PRC (2018-)
贺正 hè zhēng to exchange compliments on New Year's Day
諫正 jiàn zhèng see 諍諫 / 诤谏 / [zheng4 jian4]
谏正 jiàn zhèng see 諍諫|诤谏[zheng4 jian4]
就正 jiù zhèng (literary and deferential) to solicit comments (on one's writing)
居正 jū zhèng (literary) to follow the right path
勘正 kān zhèng to proofread and correct
刊正 kān zhèng to proofread and correct
廉正 lián zhèng upright and honest / integrity
令正 lìng zhèng (honorific) your wife
新正 Xīn zhēng see 正月[Zheng1 yue4]
雅正 yǎ zhèng correct (literary) / upright / (hon.) Please point out my shortcomings. / I await your esteemed corrections.
硬正 yìng zhèng staunchly honest
宗正 zōng zhèng Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
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不正常 bù zhèng cháng abnormal
不正确 bù zhèng què incorrect / erroneous
不正当 bù zhèng dàng dishonest / unfair / improper
非正式 fēi zhèng shì unofficial / informal
非正常 fēi zhèng cháng abnormal / irregular
修正案 xiū zhèng àn amendment / revised draft
不公正 bù gōng zhèng injustice
吴官正 Wú Guān zhèng Wu Guanzheng (1938-), former CCP Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
张居正 Zhāng Jū zhèng Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
东正教 Dōng zhèng jiào Eastern Orthodox Church
俞正声 yú zhèng shēng Yu Zhengsheng (1945-), PRC politician
朴正熙 Piáo 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
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
动校正  normal moveout correction / NMO correction
八正道 bā zhèng dao the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
八正道 bā zhèng dào the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
重正化 chóng zhèng huà to renormalize / renormalization
次正装 cì zhèng zhuāng smart casual attire
方正县 Fāng zhèng xiàn Fangzheng county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
非正数 fēi zhèng shù a nonpositive number (i.e. negative or zero)
蒋中正 jiǎng zhōng zhèng Chiang Chung-cheng, adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4shi2]
校正子 jiào zhèng zǐ proofreader and corrector
假正经 jiǎ zhèng jīng demure / prudish / hypocritical
金正男 Jīn Zhèng nán Kim Jong-nam (1971-2017), the eldest son of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4]
金正日 Jīn Zhèng rì Kim Jong-il (1942-2011), Dear Leader of North Korea 1982-2011
金正银 Jīn Zhèng yín former spelling of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1]
金正云 Jīn Zhèng yún erroneous form of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1]
林丰正 lín fēng zhèng Lin Fong-cheng (1940-), Taiwanese politician
夏正民 Xià Zhèng mín Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
修正液 xiū zhèng yè correction fluid
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
中正区 Zhōng zhèng qū Zhongzheng District of Taipei 台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4] or Keelung 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4]
阿Q正传 A1 Q Zhèng zhuàn The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
一本正经 yī běn zhèng jīng in deadly earnest / deadpan
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
不正之风 bù zhèng zhī fēng unhealthy tendency
不务正业 bù wù zhèng yè not to engage in honest work / to ignore one's proper occupation / not to attend to one's proper duties
堂堂正正 táng táng zhèng zhèng displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square
风华正茂 fēng huá zhèng mào in one's prime
改邪归正 gǎi xié guī zhèng to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf
寿终正寝 shòu 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
拨乱反正 bō luàn fǎn zhèng bring order out of chaos / set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder
修正主义 xiū zhèng zhǔ yì revisionism
刚正不阿 gāng zhèng bù ē upright and plainspoken
诚心正意 chéng xīn zhèng yì see 誠心誠意|诚心诚意[cheng2 xin1 cheng2 yi4]
矫枉过正 jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng to overcorrect (idiom) / to overcompensate
就地正法 jiù dì zhèng fǎ to execute on the spot (idiom) / summary execution / to carry out the law on the spot
明媒正娶 míng méi zhèng qǔ to be officially wed
名正言顺 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
弃邪归正 qì xié guī zhèng to give up evil and return to virtue
守正不阿 shǒu zhèng bù ē to be strictly just and impartial
歪打正着 wāi dǎ zhèng zháo to succeed by a lucky stroke
邪不敌正 xié bù dí zhèng good will always triumph over evil (idiom)
言归正传 yán guī zhèng zhuàn to return to the topic (idiom) / to get back to the main point
义正辞严 yì zhèng cí yán (idiom) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness
真正联系  genuine link
环境正义  environmental justice
斜距校正  slant range correction
校正措施  corrective action
潮位校正  tidal reduction / tide reducer / water level reducer
暴民正义  mob justice
时钟改正  clock correction
更改正时  timing modification
订正批款  revised appropriation
地球正义  Earthjustice
潮汐订正  tidal correction
性别公正  gender justice
拒绝公正  denial of justice
声速修正  sound velocity correction / velocity correction / sound speed correction / speed of sound correction
校正射效  targeting
校正基准  datuming
公正组织  Adalah The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel / Adalah
位置修正  offset aimpoint / offset / aimpoint
订正水深  reduced sounding
重力校正  gravity reduction / gravity correction
动态校正  dynamic correction
测深校正  correction of soundings
残肢修正  revision of the residual limb / revision of the stump
校正手术  corrective surgery
速度校正  velocity correction
校正数据  corrected data
修正会议  amendment conference
阿甘正传 A1 gān Zhèng zhuàn Forrest Gump
阿Ｑ正传 A1 Q zhèng zhuàn The true story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
齿列矫正 chǐ liè jiǎo zhèng orthodontic treatment / orthodontics
二正丙醚 èr zhèng bǐng mí di-n-propyl ether
方方正正 fāng fāng zhèng zhèng square-shaped
反正一样 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
扶正压邪 fú zhèng yā xié to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)
高村正彦 Gāo cūn Zhēng yàn KOMURA Masahiko (1942-), Japanese politician, foreign minister from 1998, minister of defense from 2007
高村正彦 Gāo cūn Zhèng yàn KOMURA Masahiko (1942-), Japanese politician, foreign minister from 1998, minister of defense from 2007
横正暴敛 héng zhèng bào liǎn to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
矫正透镜 jiǎo zhèng tòu jìng correcting lens
偏邪不正 piān xié bù zhèng biased / prejudiced (idiom)
清正廉明 qīng zhèng lián míng upright and honest
社会正义 shè huì zhèng yì social justice
舍正从邪 shě zhèng cóng xié to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)
双曲正弦 shuāng qū zhèng xián hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)
完全正确 wán quán zhèng què entirely correct
五官端正 wǔ guān duān zhèng to have regular features
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
训民正音 Xùn mín Zhèng yīn Korean text HunMin JongUm promulgated by Sejong Daewang in 1418 to introduce hangeul
验明正身 yàn míng zhèng shēn to identify / to verify sb's identity / identification
一本正经 yī běn - zhèng jīng (idiom) in deadly earnest / deadpan
政治正确 zhèng zhì zhèng què political correctness / politically correct
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